2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Tasted this in the Saltcot, Saltcoats (JDW) in June 2007. Cask, handpump dispense. Clear reddish amber in colour with a thick white head. Slight malt note in the short aroma. Thin mouthfeel and good lacing. Pale malt gives a digestive biscuit note with boiled redcurrant jam in the mouth. Strong metallic tang of bitter hop resins impart a dry note to the aftertaste. Finish is slightly malty with tart redcurrant fruit present in the mouth. An ok session bitter.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
April 2008
Amber beer. Light palate. Hoppy and a little bit fruity. Dry finish.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
bottle, bought at a shop in Winchester. Hazy amber colour, large and persistent off-white head. Fruity nose. Light-bodied but full-flavoured. Slightly malty with hints of caramel and some very nice hoppy flavours to round it off.
3.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Handpulled cask at Crosse Keys(JDW) Monument, London, during recent International beer fest. Orange with a good lasting white head, in very lively condition. Good body and well balanced with juicy malts and citric hop notes. Decent.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
[on cask at Nag’s Head, Reading] Deep amber/orange with a slight but lasting white head. Surprisingly rich - flavours are malt, leaves, some earthiness, a bit of sweet rhubarb crumble and maybe a hint of honey leaving a rather sweet, almost sticky palatte - there’s not a lot of bitterness here. The stickiness made it taste like a stronger beer than its ABV suggested - in fact, reminded me a little of Fullers ESB. Not bad at all for a bitter.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle 500ml from Tesco’s, New Milton. Bottle conditioned. Pours a slightly hazy amber colour with a small white head. Not a heavy aroma, but what there was was a kind of fruity/hoppy. Medium bodied; quite bitter in taste, with some fruits coming through as well. The bitterness lingers on for a while – can’t say I particularly noticed the dryness.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (Market Porter, London)
Another traditional English bitter. Decent malty body, and reasonable noble hop component.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
UPDATED: SEP 27, 2008 Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm. Amber color with a small head. Aroma: Fruity and sweet, a bit of citrus and flowers. Flavor: Sweet malt, fruit, banana, citrus and floral hops.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask-conditioned at the Crosse Keys (JDW), City of London 3/4/08. Pale amber with a moderate white head. Aroma of strawberries, apricots and floral hops. Flavour had some sweet malt, plenty of fruit and A citrus hop finish. Good.
3.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Fun to try it at the Standing Order (Edinburgh) during their Ale Festival - cheap. What a deal. A bitter, but not too bitter at all. Easy to drink. Can see how it won an award.
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