3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask (Kitty’s, Helsinki)
Beautiful traditional english hoppy aroma - some black tea, some muscvado sugar. Deep red, persistent frothy head. Rich body, a touch of treacle. Great for 4.2%. Some milkiness, very soft palate, yum yum yum!
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask Real Ale at Kittys 0.25L 28.11.2009. Mild nose. Pale head (5mm). Dark coppery reddish colour. Roasty and malty and nutty taste with some red berries. Soft and nice one.
3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask @ Green Lion, Malmö. Pours a dark brown amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor with some hoppy hints. Has a fruity malty caramel finish.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask@Beer Hunters
Dark brown color, small off-white head. Sweetish, flowery hoppy nose. Raisins - sweet dark fruits, some flowery hops in the flavor. Soft palate. Like drinking slightly hoppied Finnish homebrew kalja.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at the Brewery Tap, Brentford. Dark brown with orange tints and only a slight head. Chocolate, dried plums, dry hops and a hint of tartness on the nose, a little roasty malt on the palate, turning peachy with a bit of cloves, and then dark chocolate coming out in the dry finish. The body is a little shorter than one might expect, yet it’s still rather satisfying.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask@Pigs Ear BF 06. Sweet and light, lightly sticky. Shows some light caramel sort of flavours and has a touch of earthy hops in the finish. A little bit dull and the flavour is quite short.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Casked. Dark murky ruby/brown colour, with a beige mediumsized head, which vanishes quite fast. Aroma has lots of dark fruit and chocolate in it. Also some acidic sourness sticking in the background. Flavourwise it’s sour fruity with some caramel and chocolate added. A very pleasant thing.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask handpull at White Horse, Parson’s Green. Brown/red colour with disappearing beige head. Some yeastiness. Bit of good hoppy bite on end. Bit of yeast. Bit of gingery spice.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask B.C."H."; ruby brown, clear beer. A bit fruity (dark fruit, plums) touch of chocolate, ending on a very slight sourish impression in the background. Soft-sweet at first, but again finish is soft sourish, vaguely fruity. Fruitcream-filled pralines, with most of the filling taken out? Settles on more bitterness, however. Rather well-bodied, for such a low ABV beer. It’s not bad, nowhere, but somehow, I can’t get wild over it. Could do with some more malt punch.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask at Old Bank, Turku, Jan ’07.
Clear, dark ruby color, with a bubbly off-white head.
Sourish grassy and slightly chocolaty aroma, with a faint hint of skunkiness.
Sourish, fruity flavor of plum and cola, with a hint of chocolate. Sweetish sour aftertaste. No suggestion of roasted malt, strangely enough.
Very light carbonation, dry mouthfeel, medium body.
A bit bland, but OK real ale. But seriously, is this supposed to be a porter? Apart from the vague chocolatiness, I find absolutely nothing porterlike in this one.
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