3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at the Stage Door, Victoria, London. A pre office Christmas lunch drink at a pub I rarely visit provided an unexpected scoop. A copper coloured bitter with the emphasis on fruity malt. Some underlying light bitterness and dusty hop. Didn’t realise it was 4.8% - came over more like a best bitter than a strong bitter really. Pleasant enough in a middle of the road sort of way.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask Handpump at the Spire JDW, Chesterfield 02/02/2008
Hop aroma. Thick white head. Clear golden coloured and hoppy with a crisp and slightly bitter malt finish.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask at the White Swan (JDW), Solihull as Davenports Fat Catz. Amber with a thin cream head; fruity aroma; creamy texture with fruity malt flavours; gently bitter finish. Very average.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask in Counting House. Aroma is spicey rich malts with grassy hop but something doesnt suit it. Taste is similar slight iodine note, not sure what the annoyingness is here but its annoying.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask - Wetherspoons, Canterbury. A light copper colour with a decent-sized white head. Fairly unremarkable citric hop aromas. Full of sour fruits that never really come together particularly well. An ok but forgettable bitter finish. Reasonably quaffable, but nothing one would write home about.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
A Mes rate: Cask at Baker Street ’Sporks.
Blonde with a slim white head. Bland hoppy aroma with a bit of alcohol. Very citric flavour with a bit of paint stripper from the alcohol. Strong lemon on the finish. Not great and probably on its way out.
3.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at ’Spoons, Milton Keynes. Gold with a small white head. Sweet fruit aroma, possibly pear or berry. Very sweet caramel malt taste with a little fruit and some biscuit to follow. Gentle dry finish. Quite good.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask at The Penny Black, JDW, Bicester, Oxon, 06-01-08 Dark amber in colour, caramel, some fruit, lacking in bitterness, not great also served to warm.
2.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
[Cask from The Three Judges]Deep amber with a small head. Aroma of cara,el, ripe berries and some floral notes. Medium bodied with a dry finish.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask, Turf Tavern, Oxford. Dark copper, small soapy layer of off-white. Ripe apple aroma, plums, lots of fruit that seems on the edge of noble rot. Caramel, butter, building as the glass progresses. Plum sweetness, a bit of musky leather. Just a touch of pithy hop finish. Nice soft palate. Not a bad beer--just lacking a certain something to bring it all together.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask@The Prince Albert, Twickenham. Pretty crappy bitter. Tastes quite industrial, with notes of metal and some sort of deteregenty, wishy, washy mouthfeel.
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