3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask Stillage at Wilkie’s Tavern, Warrington 01/12/2002
Copper amber colour. Plum fruit flavours. Dry finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle from Arden Wines. Tizer red with a shrinking uneven head and lace. Looks a bit unreal...but, sweet casky hazelnut and choc on the snout, slick caramel velvet and malt nuttiness beyond. Wood and faint almond, light tang of orange yeast, mostly nuts and choc. Creamy, clean and filtered but un-bland like a decent Irish red. No hops but who needs ’em? Tasty ale.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On Gravity at the Old Tavern, Bristol 23/2/08. Copper coloured with a slight, off-white head. Fruity malt aroma. Flavour of caramel with some red berries and a moderately bitter finish. Good.
3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Golden with no carbonation and
poured with a small head. Some hops are present and a subtle bitterness soon s develops. Medium body with a soft texture. Impressive
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Canterbury Beer Festival, with SilkTork. Slightly hazy copper colour. The aroma was rather vague, with a bit of malt but not much else that I could identify. Flavours are fruit and hops, with a bit of sweet toffee. Nicely balanced. A very pleasant beer. Cask (gravity dispense)
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Canterbury Fest. Pleasantly fruity best bitter. Some citric notes. Possibly a Goldings and Fuggles hops with a pale malt mix. Pleasing. The two Glastonbury beers, while not being especially outstanding, were decent and well made. Not bad for a brewery only going since 2002.
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