3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask Conditioned at The Blue Bell, York. Golden beer with fluffy head. Light, crispy delicate beer with fresh tangy lemon background. The hop note tastes a little overboiled and the overall effect is probably too thin, but otherwise fine.
1.7 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 6/20
Unfortunately it smells a bit like Carling, and it tastes similarly as bad.
2.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Half pint, cask ale at Society Room (JDW), pump clip said Davenport Bee-Zone. Yellow-gold body with a slight haze. Fragile lacing. Sparsely hoppy nose. Smooth taste of honey sweetness assisted by grainy malts. Low sweet bitterness on the swallow. Very average (Glasgow, 13.04.2012).
3.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask by handpump at Last Post, Paisley (24 Mar 12) - clear amber ale, creamy off-white head, very little aroma, sweet honey notes, good temperature, smooth
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at The White Swan, JDW, London, after seeing Jeff Mangum at Union Chapel. Pours a clear, strong gold with a foamy white head. Sugar, doughy malts in the nose with light hay notes. Medium sweet flavor, some white sugar, a sweet substance not really even vaguely reminiscent of honey, dough, light hay bitters. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Sticky, moderately sweet finish with some sweet dough, sugar, hay and straw. Some sponge cake, perhaps. OK.
2.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Medium gold with a lacy thin white head. Smell of aged fruit, citrus lemon malt and hops. Light watery body. Lemon and sour with a floral hop finish.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
14th March 2012
Shakespeare’s Head Spoons, Holborn. Light haze on this gold beer. Tidy white head. Light crisp palate, semi dry. Minerals. A light sweetness this one. Mild citrus seamlessly blended in. Bare whisper of estery banana. A crisp finish. Easy drinking but a little ephemeral.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask, Lord Keeper of The Great Seal, Oadby. Golden with a thin foam. Aromas are apple and cereal with caramel. Floral honey with soft spices. Flavours are sweet lemon and grain with locket lozenge cough sweets. Dry on the finish. Not bad.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask. Frothy white fair mostly deminishing head. Dark yellow colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Light bitter flavor. Average light bitter finish. Oily palate.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask @ Wetherspoon, Liverpool Street. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are fruits, malt hops and honey notes. Well balanced. Soft carbonation and full bodied.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask handpull at Shakespeares Head Spoons. Clear gold lasting white head. Slightly sweet fine nothing wrong with it. Fine. Some straw and grainy pale malt.
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