2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask gravity at Colchester BF 2011. Mid gold with thin white head. Butter and caramel on aroma. I was fearing diacetyl and although there is some butter it works ok. In fact its a decent session bitter. Some soft bitterness on the finish. Fine. Some decent caramel flavours.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask - Kings Head, Norwich. Poured with a lasting, medium sized off-white head atop a clear, dark yellow body. Some lacework to boot. Marmalade aromas, slightly floral. Caramel, yeast, some earth with an orange sweetness coming through on the tongue. Finishes grassy with a fair length to it. A light body & soft palate texture makes this a decent session offering.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at the Southampton Arms, London on 14th October 2010. Amber with a whitish head of foam. Light hop aroma and grassy hop-bitterness in-mouth. Lingering moderate whole-mouth bitterness in finish, and a light textured mouthfeel.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at 27th Luton Beer Festival. Golden with a frothy head. Fruity hop aroma, hints of green apples. Sharp fruity bitterness. Very dry finish.
2.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
A spicy and lightly vinegary nose. In the mouth come big savoury wood flavours. I think this could be off actaully cidery and full of mulling spice flavours.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
[500ml bottle-conditioned from Larners, Holt, Norfolk] Pours pale amber-orange with a large, frothy white head. Overly fizzy. Sweet, fresh fruity aroma. Taste is strangely different to the aroma - a biscuitty malt with a slightly spicy, bitter finish. Quite bland actually, and the fizziness was annoying.
2.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask at Luton BF ’09. Gold with a small white head. Strong fruit aroma: mandarin orange and blackcurrant. Rather lovely effect as sweet maltiness developed. Grainy malt taste and a mid bitter finish. While there are a lot of good things here, the final result didn’t quite work for me. Not sure why.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at paisley beer fest. Alround rating: Perfume, pale malts, honey floural, citrus bite. Good wee session laddy.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask (gravity filled jug) @ Smithfield Hotel & Bar, Manchester M4, UK. Clear medium amber orange color with a small, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, roasted, nutty, light brown sugar. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to light heavy bitter with a average to long duration. Body is light to medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. (180108)
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask Stillage at the Bhurtpore Inn, Aston 12/07/2007
Some floral aroma. Golden coloured hoppy and smooth on the palate with a crisp and slightly bitter malt finish.
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