3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
440ml can from Sainsbury’s. Rich chestnut colour with thin beige head. Rich dry malt aroma. Touch of vanilla. Basic, malty flavour in mouth. Finish is pretty good. Hops porvide dryness and rich maltiness grows. Some caramel in there too. Some choc. Bit like the advertised Christmas cake. Unsubtle, but I have a sneaking liking for it.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Can from Fakta. Medium head with medium duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are rich caramel, malt, fruits and hops. Nice and sweet.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Can. Poured a light brown with an averaged sized tan head. Subtle aromas and tastes of malts. Nothing overpowering. Thin and somewhat watery body. Nothing special but not bad.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Medium brown color, large head. Toasted malt flavor, nicely hopped. Good balance. Nice flavor, large body. Mouthfeel is full and round. Smooth taste, somewhat dry. Finish is clean and crisp. Aftertaste is malty and full, very slight bitterness.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Poured a hazy copper color with a thin off white head. Lightly spiced, and sweet malt aroma. Lightly hopped citrus taste, lots of malt. Just below average.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Can from Waitrose. Dark amber with a long-lasting head. The aroma was mainly malt with a little fruit, possibly date, in there too. Very malty taste, shading into a slight bitterness at the close. Carbonation is about right, but there isn’t enough going on here to take it above the average.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Clear copper / brown. Dense beige head.Clean peppery, bready smell. Very "English" - Understated bitterness with hint of plum jam and toast. Not bad.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Being as this is the first Gale beer I could actually finish, it’s not all bad. An ESB in a can? Well ok. A decent ESB. I heard this stuff was about .35 per can so it’s worth that. Thanks JF_Grind for sharing this.
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