3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20 Cask, handpump at The Blacks Head, Bletchingdon, Oxon, 01-01-10 Pours reddy brown with off-white head. Aroma is fruity with some spiciness. Taste is fruity with a touch of chewy caramel, tangy and some bitterness also show, its ok but nothing more than that. A6 A3 F6 P3 Ov12 3.0
2.9 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at The Counting House Leicester. Reddy brown colour, not much aroma, easy drinking with a little bitterness to end. Pleasant enough.
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3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
A nice bitter hobby taste. Slight taste of caramel. Clear redish in colour with a white head.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
(cask @ the Crown , Rochester). Had this at Dickens festival yestetrday thus this beer came out of retirement and wasn’t bad as far as gimicky Christmas ales go. I was sure this was spiced ,but maybe i was just trying to get with the spirit but this has a very fruity spice finish but apparently no spices used . Otherwise lots of butterscotch, caramel malts and those kinda customary textures.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: MAR 31, 2007 Cask handpumped - Cambridge UK Dec 2006. One of the (only slightly) better industrial British brews I sampled there. Deep ruby-brown, with slight head diminishing fast. Some slight malt, hint of hops and fruit. Watery body, but at least this one had a little taste!
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (handpump) at The Old Monk, Westminster. A ruby red coloured winter warmer with some tart, old ale character on the finish. Mainly light caramel malt and sharp, juicy berry fruit with hints of Christmas cake. Some bitterness. Rather dull mouthfeel with some woody, musty touches. Have we seen the last of this beer?
2.4 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
A Mes rate: Cask at Baker Street JDW. Pretty awful to be honest. Unpleasant right from the off. Reminds me of a gents toilet. It’s so awful I just couldn’t find anything to say about it. Yuk.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: JUL 6, 2011 1. Cask Handpump at the Penny Black, Northwich (JDW) 04/12/2002
Copper mid brown colour and slightly fruity. Some bitterness in a malt finish.
2. Cask Handpump at Ye Olde Trip To Jerusalem, Nottingham 12/12/2006
A little malt aroma. Mid brown coloured with some alcohol present. Fruity with a lasting slightly bitter malt finish.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask conditioned @ The Cutty Sark, Greenwich. Malty caramel. Quite sweet without accompanying hops. On the boring side.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Deep crimson colour. Sticky, spiced and full of clovers. Just shows how behind I am on my ratings, this is from Christmas 2004.
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