3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draught at The Royal Oak, Borough. Deep amber, small head. Citrus hops and earthy aroma. Good citrussy hops flavours, blending with soft caramel. Still perfectly bitter. Highly enjoyable.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask ESB. Deep amber color with a bubbly head that disappears fast. The nose is all about the sweet malts - raisins, citrus, treacle. The taste has floral hops, but my focus is really caught be the sour flavors: dark druits, blackberry, tangy citrus and brown sugar all reveal themselves. The palate is medium, the texture slightly oily. Overall, this is a really nice, complex ESB.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at the Royal Oak, London. Dark orange color. The aromas and flavors of raisins, orange, lemon and toffee. Bittersweet. Nice bitter.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask @ Royal Oak, London. RBESG 2011. Pours cloudy golden with a small white head. Balanced flavor. Peach and grain. A bit anonymous nose. Medium bodied.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at the Royal Oak, RBESG 2011.
Pretty amber color with a solid head. Grat hoppy nose, citrus and minerals. Lovely clean, hoppy, and tasty flavor. Earthy, light malt but great solid hops. Some citrus and grass, and a nice, peppery bitterness.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask pint at Royal Oak (Borough). Lovely hazy amber with a decent frothy beige head. Somewhat sweet intensely grainy and floral aroma - taste is massively floral and bitter - true IPA bitterness levels, no alcohol and enough sweet grain to restrain. Fairly thick and chewy, Very mild carbonation but a lovely cask mouthfeel and long, impressive finish - my UK trip FINALLY starts!
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask @ Lord Nelson, Brighton.
Clear redish chestnut with some bubbles on top.
Aroma is sweet malty with lots of strawberries, lingon, winegums and a whiff of nailpolish.
Taste is also very sweet with lingon, strawberries, some caramel and sour and dry bitter hops.
Totally flat and medium bodied.
This reminds me more about lemonade spiked with some alcohol. Still quite tasty.
---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Half-pint from cask@The Wharf, Aalborg. A layer of tiny beige bubbles over brilliant, dark copper colored body. A nice smell of light toasted malts and caramel, added by a scent of wet forrest and and farmyard. Dryish, sour-fruity, light malty flavor. Earthy and fruity bitterness below. Light carbonation, soft on the palate. Elegant and subtle, nice all over.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
(Cask at Charlies Bar, Copenhagen) Poured amber and clear. Head was medium sized, sparse and white. Aroma contained malts and mildly caramell. Palate was medium bodied with low carbonation. Flavours were malts, caramell, mildly roastedness and bitterness. Aftertaste was bitter.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Cask conditioned handpump Royal Oak Borough . An amber coloured beer with an off-white head. This is like a stronger fruitier more peppery and minerally version of Armada and that’s a good thing for sure. A gorgeous stunningly distinctive beer which is instantly recognisable as Harveys. Beautiful.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask (handbottled by harrisoni) @ Chriso’s pre GBBF Shindig ’09.
Clear medium to dark amber color with virtually none head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, wood - tobaco, moderate to light heavy hoppy, orange. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long duration, spicy - peppery, a dry finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20090801]
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