2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask conditioned @ Humble Plumb, Soton. Caramel and fruit. Thin and sweet with some tinny bitterness in the finish.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask: Ruby amber with a beige head. Medium nutty aroma. Mild, boring bitter.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Pint pulled from The Railway in Putney (London), a light brown with a creamy head. Aroma is a flowery malt. Apricots and berries in the flavour and oh so smooth in the mouth. Yum!
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask Conditioned, at the Black Jug, Horsham, West Sussex. </br>
Rustic brown colour with full beige head. Roasty malt base with dried fruit notes. Very quaffable is a polite way to describe it.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask handpull at County Hotel JDW Ashford. Dark mahogany colour with thin beige head. Very malty with raisins and sultanas, some choc. Not a huge aroma., Warming and sweetish malts in mouth with some following dry hop on the finish. Some brown sugar in mouth to give it that sweetness. Quite a good winter beer with plenty of rich fruit
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: MAR 25, 2006 NOt really exciting, although I thought it was from the same brewery, Robinsons. Perhaps this is the last beer I have from GAles, since it may be disappearing. A little bitter. BUt just good.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
I love finding old notes. Had this at the Green Man last December and found it to be another typical ale of its kind, meaning that the palate was getting a bit jaded by this point. Nevertheless it is a good coppery colour and reasonable ead from the cask. Fruity nose and equally fruity flavour on the palate and good hop presence.
3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: DEC 1, 2005 Jan, 2005 Britannia, Chatham. A malty red ale with some damp autumn leaves and a roasty bitterness at the back. Vague chocolate notes. Flavoursome Celtic Ale, but doesn’t quite pull it off in the finish. [2.9]
Dec, 2005JDW, Leytonstone. Earthy and juicy with red berries and fat glaced cherries in a hop soaked atmosphere. [3.5]
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask conditioned - handpump - Eykyn Arms Gayton Northants. Unfortunately served with an inappropriate sparkler. A mid brown beer with a ruby hue and a creamy head which I ket pass before drinking. The aromas are berries and a little bit of pear (which I think was a result of bad keeping). The taste is quite fruity with strawberries noted. A tasty Wintery beer which would do better in a better establishment.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: DEC 17, 2005 Cask Conditioned at The Blinking Owl, North Newington, Oxon. Chestnut coloured with white frothy head. Another sweetish malty Xmas beer, plenty of fruity flavours but a thin body doesn’t carry them too well. Short hoppy finish. 2.7
Re Rate at The Woolpack, Banbury Much better this time, flavours that carry more than the beers low ABV, richly malted and fruity. Just go’s to show, its often where you drink the beer
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