3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask gravity at Six Bells Woodchurch. Attractive looking clear darkish brown reddish beer with lasting beige head. Oooh yes now that is nice. Earthy fruity and bitter. Just what a strong English bitter should be like. Touch of choc on finish. Really good hedgerow fruits and earthy hops. Pretty good.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Ruby brown, dense head. Fruity front, quick finish. Frothy palate yet smooth, too. Decent drinking beer. (cask at Barrels Ale House, Berwick)
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
First tasted this at the Paisley Beer Festival in April 2005. Cask, gravity dispense. Clear copper red in colour with a thin white head. Pleasant sweet aroma of toffee, short in intensity. Thin but smooth mouthfeel and good lacing. Pale malt gives a long digestive biscuit flavour which is laced with soft caramel and hedgerow berry notes. Strong note of hop resins gives a dusty, earthy, metallic aftertaste which combines well with the sweet malt. Finish is robust and full bodied with soft sweet caramel and dry milk chocolate notes. An old fashioned style of ESB and highly recommended.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
500 ml bottle in Germany from shrubber85. Had at Wasana’s with Steptin and Bottleman. Pours a darker amber color with a very full white head. Taste is caramel and some fruit. Palate is mellow and this was a nice ale.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle shared by Mattias at the beer store formally known and the Bottle Shop in Idar Oberstein - many thanks! Nice toffee and slight dark fruit flavors. A good ale.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask The Twice Brewed Inn, Bardon Mill, Northumberland Beautiful glass, dark amber with moderate white head. Faintly sweet aroma with berry notes. Sweet and fruity taste. Quite lovely.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Sweet berry and toffee malt aroma - very nice. Clear amber color with moderate head. Slightly sweet berry and toffee malt flavor with a mildly bitter grass hops finish. Medium body. Very nice.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Slightly amber coloured pint, decent head. Taste is malty, biscuity, slightly sweet with a fruity bitter finish. Nice pint.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask @ Guildford Arms. Amber colour, white head. Aroma is fruity, with biscuit malts. Flavour is biscuit, orange. Sligthly sweet finish. Refreshing.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
1) Cask handpull at High House Farm. Deep tawny amber slicked with white. Musky, berryish and slightly dank aroma. Marzipan, oak and strawberry hints; vanilla, biscuit and a bit of beefiness. Not bad.
2) Bottle purchased at the farm, filtered but not pasteurised by the looks of it. Bright chestnut pour with a dissipating white head. Musky herbal hop aroma with strong ganja notes, berries, vegetables and weetabix. Slightly dank and herbal in the mouth; marzipan and medicinal cherry edging out the hops, chocolate, berry and caramel hints. Dry hop bite to finish with some northern stoniness. Bit too much alcohol, and the aroma hops get drowned out in the mouth, but a pretty soild bottled bitter.
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