3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask at the Flowerpot, Derby. Brilliantly clear straw colour with a trace of white head - not quite headless; strongly citrus aroma; the flavour is also very citrus with lime and grapefruit and a honeyed sweetness; the bitterness builds slowly to give a long, dry and slightly spicy finish. This one really hits the spot.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask (handpump) @ Flower Pot, 23-25 King Street, Derby, Derbyshire England DE1 3DZ.
Clear light to medium yellow orange color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, moderate hoppy, flowers, lime, grapefruit peel. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100117]
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask@Leicester Beer Festival 2010. Bright golden beer with a light head. The aroma is dry and hopped, and the flavour is dry and well hopped with a long dry finish. Overall a nice pale dry beer.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask, Leicester Fest 10. Bright but pale gold with a thin foam. Aromas are grapefruit and lemon with plenty of hops. Flavours are hoppy with lots of citrus. Dry with grapefruit bitterness. Has a nice yeasty sparkle. Some woody, dry notes on the finish. Decent.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask. Clear yellow with a small white head. Fresh, citrusy nose. Medium body, sweet fruits and a distinct citrusy hoppiness leaving a solid bitterness. 170110
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask Handpump at the Flower Pot, Derby 17/01/2010
Fruity hoppy aroma. Clear golden coloured pale hoppy and fruity with a little dryness in a slightly peppery and bitter malt finish.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (gravity) Smithfield Fest 2, Derby. Not unpleasant, it just feels like a let-down in the afterwash of a few well-hopped beers I had previously. It’s not too far removed from their usual output, rounded hops held up in a decent mid-citric body. In fact, it feels just a tad more more bolshy - dry hopped, perhaps? But there’s some muddle here with the base beer not being allowed to shine.
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