3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask (gravity) @ GBBF 2011, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.
Clear medium orange colour with a small, fizzy, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, orange - citrus, pine, grapefruit, grass. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and heavy bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20110802]
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
From cask. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is solid grapefruity and dense peachy hoppy. Bitter, herbal and mild peachy. Bitter, dry and herbal finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask@GBBF2011. Golden colour, no head. Aroma is fruity, nectary wooden and mildly earthy. Flavour is fruits, wood, earthy, grassy and mildly herbal. Pleasantly balanced, even though being very hoppy.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask at GBBF 2011.
Clear amber coloured with a small off-white head.
Fruity aroma of hops, pine needles and grass.
Fruity flavour of hops, pine needles and grape fruits.
Dry hoppy finish.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Clear amber with a medium to large beige head. The nose met a shitload of hops, pine, grapefruit, lemon and toasted malt. Flavour was packed with hops, pine, grapefruit, lemons and toasted malt. Dry and and fairly good body. FInished dry and bitter.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask @ GBBF, 2011. Pours cloudy golden with small bubbles on top. Nose has lots of grapefruit and peach. Smooth and full bodied. Dry and hoppy end - far from a palate wrecker though.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
(Draught) Pours a clear yellow body with a medium off-white head. Aroma of grass, melon, pineapple, grapefruit, and orange. Flavor of citrus, pineapple, grass, florals, light herbs, and pine.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask gravity at GBBF 11. Orange gold with bubbly white head. Big hoppy beer. I mean the hops are huge. Big toasty hop. Big syrupy resin. Big pink grapefruit aroma. Thats pretty good for first beer. Pretty damn good
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask gravity @ GBBF 2011. Pours a pale golden amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity hoppy piney aroma. Fruity malty hoppy bitter piney grapefruit flavor. Has a malty hoppy bitter piney grapefruit finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: MAR 30, 2012 Cask at GBBF 2011 - Tuesday. Clear amber - offwhite head. Grassy, citrus, light flowery, sweetness, wooden/forrest hoppy, herbal, caramel... no palate wrecker on that cask !!!.........ReRate: Draught at Ginger Man., NYC. Clear amber - white head. Grassy. Bitterness. Nutty. Fresh hoppy. Rather hoppy. Caramel. Nice - but still no palate wrecker.
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