3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Amber with white head. Hoppy floral and grapefruit aroma. Taste has more of the same with caramel and a biscuity finish. decent body for it’s abv and a bitter finish. Enjoying this .
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
500ml bottle - a rusty brown body, thin white head, bit of a citric hoppy nose. First taste is strong citrus, bitter after taste, but with notes of caramel and dried fruits. Not bad, I remember this being better in the Lakes on cask, but not bad nonetheless.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Superb pale aroma and hopped flavour. A touch dry in the palate but tasty.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Golden brown pour with small head out of a 500ml bottle, full of flavour, hops, toffee and a touch of fruit. Really good carbonation as well gives it a nice feel on the palate. Very good ale.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle from Ambleside Wines. Looks good - clear auburn with a sizeable head. Smells like ale should smell - hops, treacle, currants. Bitter hops with a finish that lingers for a fair while afterwards, yet avoids being too dry. Very well balanced with some bittersweet notes, perhaps some grapefruit hidden in there somewhere. Active mouthfeel - just the right amount of carbonation on the tongue. Excellent ale.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle from Alesela
Amber, clear, thin frothy head, some lacing.
Aroma - spicy hops, some hedgerow bitter hops, bit of citrus, cereal malts, bit of yeast, slight herbal aroma
Taste - caramel malt, spicy citrus hops, bitter hops, biscuity malts, touch of bitter zest
Palate - soft carb. medium body, bit oily, bitter palate with some citrus zest. Finish quite dry, fairly strong bitter linger.
Overall - Plenty of flavour here with a considerably bitter lingering finish
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Thin fluffy white head, clear dark amber body. Visible carbonation. Yeast, juicy hops, hoppy, fruity, citrus and biscuit on the nose. Astringent. Crisp and refreshing, with a long dry finish. An excellent thirst-quencher.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask (King’s Arms, Hawkshead): Golden to deep golden, smaller fluffy head; moderate clean fruity and malty nose; moderate to solid bitter-sweet flavour, light to medium bodied; dry lingering hoppy and fruity finish. Very good....
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
On handpull at the brewery’s Beer Hall, pours a dark gold with fruit on the nose. A good biscuity malt on the palate with bittering in the swallow.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle Traci brought back for me from her trip to Cumbria. Thanks baby! Warm copper pour, shiny buttercream colored head with good lace. Very pretty floral hops with a fresh citrus edge, just a hint of vanilla caramel below. Brisk grapefruit hop bitterness with a solid malt backbone. Light palate with just enough weight to be satisfying. Clean, bright and refreshing. In a blind tasting I’m not sure I could tell this from SNPA, and in my book that is high praise!
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