2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask conditioned at The Old Bookbinders, Oxford. Gold to amber with white head. Malty, sweet beer with the GK twang coming in lightly and late. Some perfumed tea notes and a dash of caramel. Just rises above the mundane, but not by much.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Aroma is grassy with a little citrus. Texture is a bit on the thin side. Refreshing flavour, quite light with a bit of zesty orange peel and a dry hoppy finish.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask@Spoons 2010. Pale copper colour with a small slightly off-white head. Aroma is sweet malts, some grassy and vegetably notes. Flavour is caramel malts, bready notes as well as mild nutty and floral notes.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask. The Lansdowne, Leicester. Gold body, large sparkler head. Malty, hoppy, citric, fruity. Bitter. Dry finish.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
@ Red Lion, Avebury, Wiltshire. Pale amber. Quite dull looking. Fresh, fruity refreshing character. Berryish fruit nose. Very refreshing.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask @ Red Lion Avebury, as Westgate Sun Dance. Bright amber, cask froth head. Fruity aroma has some brassy hop. Juicy malt body. Smooth soft and balanced. An easy-going pint.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask-conditioned at the Staple Hill Oak (JDW), Bristol 16/7/10. Orange in colour with a slight, off-white head. Sweet, caramel aroma with some decent citrus hops. Flavour was also sweet, and became increasingly one dimensional to the point of being cloying. Ultimately disappointing.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading. Amber with a dese cream head; citrus orange aroma; creamy, grainy body with light orange citrus flavours; and a crisp finish.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask at the Hop Poles, Brighton, 13th July 2010. Amber with a line of white head. Grassy hop nose, biscuity malt taste. Average finish. Bit bland and definitely lacking bite. Is this meant to be a golden ale, because it’s failing at it.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask conditioned handpump Racehorse Northampton. A golden beer with a white lasting head and lacing. A little citrus in the aroma but typical Greene King dishwater and fruit in the mouth. Ok at best.
2.5 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask handpull at County Hotel, JDW, Ashford. Orange gold, thick cream head. Slight diacetyl aroma with not much else. Good condition in mouth, then some fruit in mouth, touch of fresh fruit salad. Not much hop on finish. So, diacetyl and no real hop, which means it’s unlikely that I am going to enjoy this. Good condition helped.
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