3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: OCT 9, 2010 On gravity at the Great Welsh Beer & Cider Festival, 10/06/10. Deep gold in colour with a slight white head. Fruity aroma of apricots and hay. Flavour of biscuit malts and more fruit leading to a decent bitter finish. Ok [3.1]. Re-rate at the Three Tuns, Bristol 8/10/10. Darker coloured this time, being a middling amber. Fruit was more plummy this time, with the beer having decent, chewy malts and a long bitter finish. [3.3].
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask (handpump) @ Southampton Arms, 139 Highgate Road, London, Greater London England NW5 1LE.
Clear medium amber colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, toffee notes, light to moderate hoppy, orange - citrus. Flavour is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20101203]
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (handpump) at the Southampton Arms on 3 December 2010. The commercial description say "traditional old fashioned ale" and that’s a pretty accurate description, Not a bad one though. Amber colour. Not much condition. No head. Lots of earthy bitterness. Light borderline astringent twist on the finish. Very drinkable.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask, handpump at The Tram, Eardisley, Herefordshire, 10.09.10 I thought this looked more light/mid amber than gold but there was a white head, decent clarity also. Tasty bitter, in fact really nice I had four pints, fruity with a good bitterness, little drying, but just damn tasty. A7 A4 T7 P4 Ov14 3.6
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