Hidden Old Sarum

Formerly brewed at Hidden
Style: Bitter
Salisbury, England

Serve in English pint

Brown with a short head. Hint of berries and some hops in the scent. Thin. Slightly sweet. Some berries in the mouth but overall bland and boring.

Cask, Far From The Madding Crowd, Oxford. Rusty brown, white head. Rustic woody nose with a buttery edge. Resiny rough flavor, woody, medicinal, buttery. Old fashioned in a way that doesn’t make me feel nostalgic at all.

Cask at the Hobgoblin, Reading. Reddish chestnut with a thin cream head; rich, almost meaty aroma; rather thin and oily in the mouth; combination of nutty and purple fruit flavours with a touch of vanilla;gentl bitter finish with some burnt caramel; warming and slightly spicy. Complex and interesting, would be even better with more body.

Cask (Kuikka, Helsinki)
Deep mahogany, small head. Fruity sweet and treacly cake aroma. Sweet and malty in the mouth. A burnt finish, which is a bit woody and between smoky and ashy. Very pleasant well balanced mellow full-bodied brew. Utterly sessionable, and I’d enjoy every drop.

Cask at Far From the Madding Crowd, Oxford, 20-12-07 Mid brown colour, reasonable dark malty fruity bitter but lacking in individuality, I sort of forgot about this half way through.

(Cask) Deep dark coppery colored, medium sized beige head. Toffee and caramel in mildly hopped and crispy aroma, cask-lemon tone also here. Thin to medium bodied. Flavor is even roasted with this same chocolaty-toffee tone, bitterness comes in aftertaste with lemon. Good cask.

Cask@Beer Hunters, Pori
Dark ruby - nut brown color, good creamy beige head. Nutty, flowery hoppy aroma. Medium-bodied, flowery hoppy flavor - some caramellish notes. Basic but solid sweetish session beer.

Fruity, citrus, good malt character, very drinkble, balanced and very good stuff.