3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask conditioned at a Wetherspoons. Amber to gold with white head. Sweetish malty beer with a big, fruity, plummy character. Some raisin in the flavour too. Pretty reasonable in fact.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask in the new crown, southgate. Alround rating: Green king apply yeast, citrusy, bit of caramel, fairly balanced, lemon seems to be showing. Not bad.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask Handpump at the Benjamin Huntsman JDW, Sheffield 14/11/2009
Some hop and malt aromas. Golden coloured hoppy floral and fruity with a crisp and slightly dry full malt finish.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, Oadby. Amber with a dense white foam. Aromas are caramel with light spices and pear. Flavours are malty with sweet fruit and spices towards the finish. OK.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask @ JDW Southport. A clean, crisp beer in the ’Golden’ style. I liked the aftertaste, which I’m not sure how to describe. I got hops and some pleasant yeastiness in the mouth. I wasn’t impressed with this beer at the start but it grew on me. Had it not been compeing with some excellent competition @ JDW’s beer festival I may have rated it more highly.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask at Bankers Draft (JDW), Bedford, in ’Spoon’s BF ’09. Copper gold with a small white head. Spicy hairoil malt with pepper. Nettly taste, a bit bland. Some bready aftertaste. Slight bitterness.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask - West Gate Inn (JDW), Canterbury. Pale amber, almost golden with a fine white head. There some sweet caramel on the nose with some fruitiness. Boiled sweets, pasteurised malt flavours with some grassiness in the finish. Light to medium body, oily mouthfeel, low carbonation. I didn’t get much out of this. GK through and through.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask at JDW, Heathrow, Term 4. Golden amber body with slight head. Eggy nose. Eggy and malty flavours. Not very good. Just too watery and uninspired.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask conditioned handpump Eastgate Northampton A copper coloured beer with a thick white head and lacing. The aroma has a hint of banana together with some yeast. Non-descript yeasty taste with dishwater notes and a little late bitterness. Thin
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask at the Hope Tap (JDW), Reading. Amber with a thin white head; light fruity aroma; thin with a sweet and fruity flavour, live weak orange squash; slightly gingery prickle to finish. Typical GK.
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