2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
UPDATED: JAN 10, 2005 Cask @ Akkurat, Stockholm
A poor excuse for a lager. Does not differ very much from their golden bitters. Too many brews from this small brewery. Tropical fruits should be a trademark for them. Interesting but boring.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask conditioned @ JDW, Winchester. Light, citric, floral aromas. Quite lager like but with some soft fruity complexity.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask Conditioned at The Rose & Crown, Charlbury. Golden with a large head. Is it a lager? I wonder, it tastes warmer, fuller than the harsher malt flavours found in lager. There is a hoppy bitterness and a full body. A good beer, but maybe not true to style.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: MAR 3, 2004 [Cask conditioned] Very hoppy aroma. Mild and pleasant flavour with a dry finish. A very good lager.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask Conditioned, at The Masque Haunt, London
Golden larger colour, slight lacy white head. Big fruity aroma hits you straight away. I had taster yesterday and didn’t think much of it, I thought it was too ripe. The full sample was a lot better today. Fruity flavour the builds modestly to moderate bitter finish. Odd beer though, its called a larger that looks like an ale, its brewed in Scotland with being sold with a German name?!?
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask: This is a lager? Great sweet fruitiness at the front like eldeberry. Definitely adds a Scottish feel to this classic style.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
A festival favourite of mine. Quite an unusual lager - this has lots of character. There isn’t a great deal of hops bitterness this beer gets it flavour from the well balanced floral hops and smooth, sweet malts. Good stuff.
4.3 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
You wouldn’t guess that it is actually a lager. It has the typical hoppy nose of a really good cask conditioned ale and a fantastic complex palate. Only the colour seems to give it away.
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