3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask in the market porter. Alround rating: Citrusy lychee fruityness, some apple character(but in a good way) pale malt is subtle under the hop and elderflower character. Good show.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
A Mes rate: cask handpump at GBBF.
Lovely clean golden yellow with a thin white head and reasonable condition. Excellent citric and floral hoppage with a very tasty bitter finish balanced nicely with some late earthy malt. Stright down the line but jolly good stuff.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask@GBBF2008. Golden colour, mediumsized white head. Aroma is sour apricot, some fruits and mild notes of wood. Flavour is much the same, with pine and apricot being sweetish sour and the fruits and wood giving a bitterness to it.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cloudy golden with tiny white head. Hoppy aroma with citric and piney notes. Sweet and hoppy flavor with pine needles and grapefruit. Bitter finish.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Half pint on gravity at The Dove Street Inn, Ipswich. Clear dark golden colour with bright clarity and low level of foam. Marked fruity aroma. The flavour is also floral, fresh and fruity with a dry hoppy ending. And the taste I can’t determine might be the elderflower. Quite well balanced English fruit beer (21.09.2006).
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask (gravity dispense), GBBF, August 2005. Mid gold colour with a slight haze. The aroma is more herbaceous than Kew Gardens - heather, nettles (well OK maybe there wouldn’t be too many nettles at Kew), gooseberry leaves, herbs. More spicy, flowery hops in the flavour. Not much malt in evidence. Plenty of juicy fruit - slightly unripe gooseberries. Not that bitter, or full bodied, but noticeably tart, which imparts just the refreshing edge no doubt intended. Would slip down a treat on a hot day.
2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Cask@GBBF 05’. Slightly undeveloped sour malt and then lime in the finish. Maybe this wasn’t on top form, but i couldn’t get into this one at all. Next please (also it should e worth noting i felt like crap from the previous day)
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask @ GBBF 2005: golden coloured. Unclear. Off white head. Floral and fruity aroma. flavour is buttery sweet and light bitter/hoppy. Berries in the end with a light dry bitterness.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask conditioned - handpump - GBBF 2005. A golden coloured beer with a sweet hoppy aroma which had some tangerines in it. The taste is lemony hops, on the sweet side (obviously down to the elderflower) and was fresh and tasty.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask at GBBF
Golden, slight haze, bit of hay/flora (roses?) on aroma, some citrus, sharp hop on end but did not have the balance and structure to make this a better beer
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