 wyzzywyz22 (244), Wirral, Merseyside, England
May 7, 2008
Cask, Hoylake Lights. Served ridiculously cold, in a ’chill out’ glass....Why oh why ? If I want to ’chill out’ I’ll seek my pleasures elsewhere. Why the brewers revenge ?! Intriguing, perhaps some unspeakably vile ingredient has been injected. Perhaps some bodily fluid ? It certainly tasted like it, from what I could glean. Hazy amber with a lingering white head. Some fruit in the aroma. Initially not bad, with some balanced enough malt and hops, but a really nasty aftertaste, damp wood ?verging on stale, maybe I just had a bad one, but I couldn’t finish. Revenge taken.
Svesse (1499), Hässelby, Sweden
Dec 4, 2006 (Cask at Welkin JDW, Liverpool, 25 July) Amber colour with frothy, brief, off-white head. Malty, fruity nose with notes of apricots and mandarin. Rather closed and thin. Malty, fruity taste with mandarin and apricots, slightly acidic (?). Rather boring stuff, actually.
DJMonarch (4091), Northwich, Cheshire, England
Sep 4, 2006 Updated: Jul 28, 20071. Cask Handpump at the Penny Black, Northwich (JDW) 05/07/2006
Slight chemical aroma. Amber mid brown coloured and fruity with some acidic taste. Bitter slightly dry malt finish.
2. Cask Handpump at the Smithfield Hotel, Manchester 04/05/2007
Small white head. Hoppy aroma. Golden coloured hoppy and fruity orange with some dryness in a crisp bitter finish.
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