2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
Cask @ The Golden Rule, Edinburgh. Sour vegetable malt aroma. Medium brown colour, reasonable head. Flowery vegetable malt flavour. Bitter aftertaste. To be fair barmaid said it was about to go off so it might be better than this.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask conditioned at The Olde Ship, Seahouses, Northumberland. Brown to tawny with a white head. Initially quite thinnish but then a lightly roasted barley note shows through with a hint of sour fruit and vegetable. Becoming rich in the close, not bad.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask @ Cumberland. Red-auburn. Scant lacing. Is a lovely color. Malty aroma has dense sweet bread plus pepper. Palate is a bit sticky. Dull but malty, dry with stale kitchen herbs. Is dull but drinkable.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Copper-amber. Nice toasted, caramelized sugars on the nose. Palate is similar, but lighter and more metallic. Decent balance.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Gravity dispensed from cask at the Kingston Arms, Cambridge (August Beer Festival). Flat chestnut brown appearance; malty aroma; smooth bittery, roasted malt flavour; gently bitter finish. Rather plain and ordinary.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask handpull, The Red Lion (?)Alnmouth, Northumberland. Deep russet snowy with a nitro collar. Hint of sultana aroma, very Everards soft malty sultana character. Bit vinous and buttery. Pleasant mellow hop and total stillness. Won me over a bit.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On gravity at Swindon BF 30/10/08. Deepish amber in colour with a slight yet lacy off-white head. Aroma of citrus hops with a touch of caramel. Sweet flavours of toffee and red fruit, with plenty more floral hops and a decent bitter finish. Good.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle at the Rake, Borough Market area, Lahndan tahn 21-06-08 Pours deep amber with clingy head. Quite fragrant hoppiness come through on the nose, bitterness and fruit combine to make this quite a tangy bitter.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask in Blackfriars. Aroma is citrus, light lychee, floural and hints of toffee malts as it warms. Taste is similar, nicely hopped, quite tasty and very drinkable.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On draught: Amber coloured, lacing off-white head, fruits and molasses in the nose, underpinned by floral hops; moderate bitter-sweet flavour, light bodied; short fruity-bitter finish. A good one..........
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