3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: SEP 2, 2010 Cask (Cricketers, Southampton) - Amber in colour. Malty aroma with hints of dried fruit. Malty and slightly hoppy taste with hints of grapefruit, toffee and nuts.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask at Wellington Arms, Bedford. Amber with a small white head. Underarm malt aroma. Malty taste with a disturbing element of plastic. Mid bitter finish. Though acceptable, this didn’t really appeal.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Nice beer. Very drinkable ale with a good balance of malt and hops and a pleasant element of fruitiness.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy copper color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty slightly yeasty aroma. Fruity malty and slightly hoppy flavor with some hints of yeast. Has a fruity malty hoppy finish.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading. Golden colour with a thin off-white head leaving good lacing; straightforward hoppy aroma; light, but strong, hoppy flavour backed up by some sweet malts; dry finish with a touch of hay. An elegant ale.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle from RealAle. Copper colour, small white head. Sweet, dusty cellar aroma. Dry cellar, nuts and hints of raisins flavours. Quite drinkable, tastes like a vintage ale.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Tiger bright orange with a nice white lace. Sweet, biscuity aromas. Sweet in the mouth with hints of salt. Oily texture. Toasted and crisp, not too bad.
2.7 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Hand pulled cask in pleasant surroundings at The Harbour Bar in Kirkcaldy. Nice laceworks on a half pint glass filled with a deep, copper-amber coloured brew that had got a malt-fruity profile, with a decent bitter support at the ending. Very dry in the mouth [08.11.2008].
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle from Bitter Virtue. Slight hop and malt noticeable. Unfortunately marred by background yeasty infection type flavours ( but not to the same extent as meteor).
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
A Mes rate:
Cask at Chelmsford Beer Festival. Nice clean golden colour. Hoppy aroma let down by a little apple. Grapefruit and dusty citric hops in the flavour with a gentle bitter finish. Very drinkable.
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