2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
First tasted this in the Bull Inn in October 1996. Cask, handpump dispense. Clear orange amber in colour with a thin white head. Fragrant hops in the short aroma. Thin resiny mouthfeel and good lacing. Pale malts give a light digestive biscuit note with a slight hint of caramel. Herbal hops present in the short aftertaste. Finish is rather short with malty fruit evident. An ok session bitter.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
A Mes rate. Gravicask at the Bree Louise.
Orange amber with a thin white film on top. Bloody hell all these Hanby beers look the same. They taste pretty similar too. Meaning, erm, shite. Unbrewed malt, a truck load of tea, some tobacco and straw with a ancient hop finish. Bad bad bad. Ok there is some fruit, mainly orange, plus a faint bitterness in the finish but the overall impression is one of a complete donkey.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
(Cask at Priory Arms, Stockwell, London, 17 Apr 2009) Dark amber colour with brief, white head. Malty, nutty nose with notes of toffee, dark fruit and butter. Malty, nutty taste with toffee, butter, apricots and a fairly dry finish with dusty hops. Not very exciting, but drinkable.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at Wellington Arms, Bedford. Amber with a small white head. Buttery malt aroma with wet cloth, not as bad as it sounds. Malty taste with some fruity sourness in the background. Slight bitterness. This was quite good.
2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Pint pulled at The Railway in Putney (London), amber with a creamy white head. Aroma is sweet with caramal and molasses. Caramal in the flavour again, with licorice. A creamy bitter mouthfeel. A bit different to the usual bitter this.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask conditioned hand pull at County Hotel, JDW, Ashford. After 4 days of heavy Belgian beers, this came as a real relief. I was expecting the worst, but this all but restored my faith in British bitters. Copper colour with beige head. Hey this isn’t bad. Some red fruit in the aroma along with hop and faint yeast. Fullish in mouth helped by good malts with pleasant slightly sweet strawberries which then carry on to balance the dry finish. Very good bitter
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask Handpump at the Mill Hotel, Chester 15/06/2001
Amber coloured and very dry. Hoppy finish.
2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
[Cask at Volunteers Arms, GBBF, 2004] An amber beer with a fine bubbly beige head. The aroma is weird with primary notes of caramel. The flavor is of caramel and lots of bitter hops, leading to a dry woddy end.
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