3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
A bit sulfuric on the nose. Pretty standard bitter/pale ale. Grainy, bready malts and tangy, citrusy, slightly spicy hops. (Cask- KentBF03')
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask in Holborn Whippet. Pale clear yellow. Very cold, for a cask beer? Let it warm up a bit. Nose is grainy, light, sweet, summer beer. Lightest floral nose. Touch of honey taste.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20
Mid-blonde with fluffy white head and significant amount of yeast sediment. Spicy goldings hops on the nose give a pineapple and wheat spice body with aslightbitter bite and touch of digestive biscuit in thefinish. Gentle carbonation and retains headwell.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask conditioned handpump Wig & Pen Northampton. A yellow gold coloured beer with a whitish head. Curiously sparkled providing a creamy texture. Gentle English hopping. Lemon and lime notes in the aroma. Restrained citricity in the mouth. Quite plain but drinkable.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottled.
Pours a hazy, medium straw, white head.
Yeasty, malty aroma, grapefruit, lime, hops.
Dry, medium bodied, medium bitterness, balanced CO2.
Hoppy taste, citrus, apricot, malt, yeast, gooseberries. Decent. (2012-02-16)
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
bottle at home .... golden amber ... thin white head ... soft light lemon lime hop nose ... little too fizzy ... big bright hop ...light and crisp ... decent ... but i really think this has suffered by following 2 amazing dark beers
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at oliver twist.
Pours pale yellow with a small head.
smooth mouthfeel, floral hops and a hint of soap.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Clear deep golden. Salty hay and orange aroma. Mid dry with grainy malt and medium bodied. Very salty and lightly fruity. Orange peels leads to a long salty finish with resiny bitterness.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle:Deep golden, hazy with an orangey sheen, smaller stable foamy layer; moderately sweetish grainy-frujty nose with a distinctive and solid herbal-hoppy background; moderate dryish bitter-sweet flavour,creamy MF; lingering dry hoppy-fruity finish, balanced by some pale malt. Classy Bitter…
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask (Southampton Arms, RBESG2011 Saturday)
Fruity aroma. Typical bitter appearance, rich orange, small head. Simple malty body, but with some well balanced hops poking up occasionally to. Soft palate, carbonation low. Fairly dull bitter, but certainly passable.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask, Criterion, Leicester. Hazy gold with a white foam. Aromas are autumn fruit with lemon. Lightly floral with caramel, apple and woody aspects. Flavours are stewed pear with green apple and some citrus. Peppery with dry, woody notes and a fruity, bitter finish. Average.
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