3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Cask, 4.1%. Mildly fruity and nutty flavour. Clear dark golden colour. Floral hoppiness, mild and nice. The aftertaste is slightly cleansing grassy hops. Low to medium bitterness. Good chalky mouthfeel. Nicely refreshing.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Sweet and seductive. Treacle tart and jam, cherries to a crisp dry finish. Mmmmm. Nice one. Shame that was the last of it!
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask @ Akkurat, Stockholm. 7 June 2005.
Amber and medium sweet. Served a bit green. Easy downed though quite bitter. Likewise in aftertaste.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
[CASK: Castle Hotel, Manchester 30/10/06] A tasty and refreshing ale and most pleasing. Fruity and joyous. Good if you want a pick-me-up kinda ale.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
(Cask at Castle, Manchester, 22 July 2009) Amber colour with frothy, white head. Fruity nose with apricots, orange peel, biscuits and slightly earthy hops. A touch of sulphur. Fruity taste with notes of bicuity malt, apricots, orange and earthy hops in a finish with well balanced bitterness. Rather light body. Decent bitter not straying too far from the mainstream.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: NOV 24, 2009 1. Cask Handpump at the Castle Hotel, Manchester 16/11/2001
Golden amber coloured slightly pale and bitter. Dry hop finish.
2. Cask Handpump at the Helter Skelter, Frodsham 09/05/2002
Mid brown coloured and fruity. Malt hop finish.
3. Cask Handpump at the Mill Hotel, Chester 05/04/2008
Floral and hop aromas. Golden bronze coloured smooth on the palate and fruity with a crisp floral and slightly dry full malt finish.
4. Cask Handpump at the Smoker Inn, Plumley 21/10/2009
Some hop aroma. Amber coloured fruity and smooth on the palate with a little bitterness in a malt finish.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
A clear, light brown bitter with a tight creamy head. It’s a well balanced light bitter with a dry finish.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at The Penny Black, JDW, Bicester 23-09-06. Warm golden in colour, with a very tight white head. Fresh hoppy and quite tasty bitter, finish is dryish and slightly bitter.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask Conditioned. Dirty amber colour, good tight white head, low fine condition. Butterscotch caramel and hops in the nose, sweet and malty with more butterscotch in the mouth and some bitterness in the dry finish
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Sampled cask conditioned at Castle Inn, Manchester.
Pale amber. Fruity with crystal malt profile. Dryish and chewy. Low bitterness.
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