3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask Conditioned, at the Masque Haunt, London.
The first English beer I’ve seen specifying the ABV to two decimal places. The clip said 5.35% but having checked their website I believe it to be the same ale. Dark brown with a deep reddish hue. Scummy beige head. Dark, sour aroma, bitterish, something similar to raw egg whites (but not the normal sulphurous aroma we’re all familiar with). Some very late peppery notes appear at the very end of the palate.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
On cask at Manchester Winter Ales Festival. Bittersweet. There’s a top end note of zest. Very malty. Like lemon sweets.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
First tasteed this at the Glasgow Winter Beer Festival in November 1997. Cask, gravity dispense. Ruby black in colour with a thin creamy buff head. Slight hint of wood smoke and roast grain in the long aroma. Thin but creamy mouthfeel and good lacing. Dark malts give a complex sweet maltloaf base with syrupy dates, raisins, treacle toffee and creamy mocha coffee. Slight dry dusty prickle of hop resins gives a short spicy aftertaste. Finish is malty with hints of bitter chocolate, liquorice and oak cask notes. A superb Old Ale and highly recommended. Reminded me of Harviestoun Old Manor - but this was slightly better.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at the Wharf Aalborg. Dark amber in colour, with a fizzy head that almost instantly evaporated. Not much of aroma mostly malts and fruits. Flavours of malts, raisin and some booze. A fairly light mouthfeel, but overall a pretty solid Old Ale!
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Deep brown/black of color with a nice beige head. An aroma of roasted malt, sweets, prunes and dark fruits. A flavor of prunes, roasted malt, malty and sweets.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
From cask@Charlies. Pours dark brown, no head. Light malty and fruity aroma. Flavour is light fruity with a light roasted note. Lingering fruity and light malty.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at charlies. Almost black - offwhite head. Roasted, light burned, sweetness, raisins, berries, chokolate, toffee, light bitterness.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask @ Charlies. Hazy and dark brown coloured with no head. Malty with notes of chocolate, soap, toffee and is somewhat bitter in the end.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at Cockney Pub. Nice big head with excellent duration. Color is dark brown. Aroma and taste are roast malt and chocolate. Smooth and creamy.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at Cockney Pub. Creamy lightbrown good fully lasting head. Dark red-amber colour. Moderate malty aroma. Fantastic bitter flavor. Loads of chocolate notes. Moderate bitter long finish. Creamy palate. Excellent beer.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
[Cask at Charlie’s] Red brown with medium fluffy head. Fruity aroma with caramel and malty notes. Sweet fruity flavor with roasted malt and caramel notes. Ends sweet. Thanks for sharing Ungstrup.
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