3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Sampled cask conditioned at Akkurat, Stockholm, Sweden.
Pale orange and slightly hazy. Rich perfumy aroma of grapefruit and apples. Sweet and light bodied. Rounded up front, but with rugged flowery bitter finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask handpull at The Hope Tap, JDW, Reading. Paleish gold, thick creeam head. Nettle hop blond beer. Quite harsh on finish. It’s an ok slightly sweaty beer, but very bitter hoppy finish, especially for the ABV, quite spicy.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask @ Market Porter, Borough, London. Hazy pale yellow colour with a small white head. Fruity hoppy aroma with some hints of citrus. Fruity flavor with hints of citrus. Has a fruity malty aftertaste.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask Handpump at the Marble Arch Inn, Manchester 24/08/2003
Clear golden colour slightly sweet and citrus flavour. Some dryness in a lasting malt finish.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
amber coloured ale, with a lemon hop nose,quite grapefruity, and quite sharp.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
A Mes rate. Cask handpull at Baker Street ‘Sporks.
Clean dark gold with a thin white head. Very bready with a slight hint of diacetyl giving it a wholemeal and butter character. Decent hops but they are just not supported well. Harviestoun can do a LOT better.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask conditioned - handpump - OGs Wellingborough. A golden coloured bitterwith a nice orangy aroma. The taste is hoppy with citrus and flowery notes. Pleasant ale.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask, The Globe, Leicester. Pale gold with a bubbly thin head. Aromas are light biscuit with lots of lemon. Piney and woody with petrol. Flavours are grapefruit bitterness with woody, dry and a bitter paracetamol finish. Decent.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
April 2009
Clear gold beer. Dry and crisp palate. Nice level of hops. Spicy bitterness with a trace of grapefruit. Quite a bitter aftertaste.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: MAY 19, 2008 Cask.
Amber colour, little head. Grapefruit/lemon citrus hops. Taste to match - crisp, very hoppy and refreshing. Very nice, but a bit of a one-trick pony.
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