4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask handpump at the Swan in the Rushes, Loughborough. Quite dark amber coloured with a creamy white head and very good lacing. Flavour is fruity, malty, caramel with some hops. Full bodied. Very good stuff.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
At 2005 Bedford Beer Festival where it was my own personal favourite among the English ales. Mid amber, with a small white head. A delicious, malty creamy flavour with plenty of caramel and an intensely bitter finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Druaght. Wonderful dark chestnut-cupper body with a thick small-bubbled off-white head. Full buttery, nutty and salty aroma. Taste mnild, but delicate. Thick on the palate. Extremely sophisticated and well-balanced. Beautiful.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Drucken på fat på The GLI efter JJ. En real ale från Fullers. Kastanjefärgad lätt nötig och brödig och len som en typisk engelsk bitter. Men med mer humle en riktigt fin efterbeska.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask @ BA, Mollberg Helsingborg. Pours deep red copper with a creamy beige head leaving lots of lace. Aroma is bready, malty, sweetish, nutty, fruity and raisins. Flavor is malty, fullbodied, fruity, dark fruits, sweet and bitter tart. Finishes fruity and tart bitter.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask@The Mawson Arms (Fullers Brewery), Chiswick, London. Quite liked it. Has the typical smooth Fullers mouthfeel. Got some nice flavours out of this. HOney, toffe/caramel, nuts, slightly toasted malt, wholemeal bread. Light lemony finish, with a good amount of bitterness. Also a bit salty, pretty good on cask
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: NOV 21, 2007 Cask (Kitty’s, Helsinki) Oct 2007
Reddy orange. Nutty malty woody aroma. Huge brown bitter taste, slight coffe hints. Long drying bitter aftertaste. Excellent ESB.
Re-rate of (6-4-8-4-15=3.7): Cask (Gallows Bird, Espoo, Winter Ales 2004)
Dark, nutty and fruity. Quite similar to Young’s Special of yore (before that was emasculated).
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draught@Milenka, Helsinki. Amber color, off-white head. Woody hop aroma. Nice bitter flavor with cigar notes and a fairly dry finish. Medium-full body, medium carbonation. Sort of a light-weight version of Fuller’s ESB, pretty good.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask conditioned at Charlie’s Pub, Copenhagen
Cloudy amber color. Aroma of yeast, malt, honey. Quite malty body, too much yeast, quite good bitterness, caramel. Quite good.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
[Cask at Charlies Bar, Copenhagen] A hazy dark amber beer with a small off-white lazing head. The aroma is nicely hoppy and the flavor is sweet malty with notes of caramel, roasted bread, and a bitter hoppy quite dry end. The mouthfeel is very smooth.
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