4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
on tap-pours a light tan head with trailing lace and dark amber color. Aroma is grapefruit/pineapple/orange/pine, secondary sweet medium malt. Taste is grapefruit/pineapple/orange/pine hops with some bite, secondary sweet medium malt-caramel, rye.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Cask at GBBF ’07. Copper colour. Sweet hop aroma with blackberry and other fruits. Nettle and grass taste with low bitterness. Very good.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Cask at GBBF08. Caramelly aroma. Almost clear amber colour. The flavour starts with a good clean bitterness. Turns more caramelly and then finishes with a cleansing bitterness.
3.8 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask conditioned - gravity dispense - GBBF 2007. A golden coloured beer with some off-white bubbles for a head. The aroma is nicely hoppy with citrus fruits, mostly oranges. A really inviting nose. The taste is also nicely hoppy with good malts making the body good and the taste sbalanced. A very good example of an IPA.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
(Cask at GBBF, London, 8 Aug) Amber colour, slightly hazy, with brief off-white head. Fruity, hoppy nose with pine needles, grapefruit and orange peel. Fruity, hoppy taste with notes of grapefruit and pine needles. Lovely hop character. A bit too sweet, but overall a very nice beer.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask gravity @ GBBF 2007, London. Unclear light to medium orange color with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy hoppy, flowers (fruittree flowers), toffee. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Cask gravity at GBBF 07. Leafy hop aroma, good grapefruit. Bit too much tea perhaps in the mouth. Lovely, maybe a tad too leafy on the balance, but yeah it’s enjoyable.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draught. Medium high fluffy off-white lasting head. Clear amber body. Lovely fruity caramel aroma. Astonishingly mildly hopped. The fruityness of the beer comes through in a pleasant way. Low carbonation. Long bitter aftertaste.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask @ GBBF 2007. Pours a hazy golden color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter aroma with hints of grapefruit and pine needles. Sweet malty hoppy bitter flavor with hints of pine needles. Long bitter hoppy finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
A Mes rate:
Gravicask at GBBF. Straw coloured and thick. Very grassy and hoppy aroma with a slight sweetness. Similar flavour but it works really well. Maybe just a slight soapy note from the aggressive hops. Not particularly balanced but it works pretty well for me.
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