1.9 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Light golden with a dense but short head. Took a long time to settle. Aroma and flavour fruity and average. Quite flat, nothing exciting on the palate.
1.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 8/20
[Keg at the City Tavern, Birmingham.] Amber with a thick dense cream head - caramel aroma - creamy texture but watery taste - tap water and cardboard finish.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen. A hazy golden beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet and very fruity. The flavor is sweet and very fruity leading to a good bitter finish, but it has a thin body.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask, JDW Birmingham Airport. Clear golden, thin white head. Nose is malty with some fruit and some hops. Mouth is very toffee malt (over-vented?) and some more fruit with a hint of lemon hops. Easy to drink.
2.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask @ Prince of Wales, Highgate. Pours a slightly hazy copper color with a small off-white head. Fruity and malty aroma with some caramel hints. Sweet fruity citrus flavor. Fruity finish with lots of citrus.
2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask at Wellington Arms, Bedford. Golden. Sweet malt aroma. Malty taste with a late citrus tang. Very little bitterness. Special? Ordinary.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Tasted 22/08/2006. Birthday beer with Tyrrell (followed by a particularly fresh Old 95). Packaged as Highgate Bitter and is 3%. 2L rigger/flagon/PET from Rumble’s, Wellington.
Attractive copper, quite bright, with a airy off-white head that’s gone faster than it arrived. Prune and caramel on the nose - very typically English. Fizzy lightweight mouthfeel is pretty easy drinking, as you’d expect for 3%. Fairly dry flavour suggests caramel, brown sugar and a little stonefruit edge. A little light through the middle, with not much of a hop profile or bitterness. Seems a bit more like a pale mild than a bitter. Easy drinking but nothing special.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask Conditioned, at The Market Porter, London.
A classy drop and certainly deserving of its name. A very generously proportioned bitter, served in pristine condition. Tanned amber coloured body with a thin cask ale head. Clean, clear bitterness with good, generous length on the palate.
2.4 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask. Typical Birmingham bitter, sweet and not very biiter. This brewery is famous for its dark beers. The West Midlands is a mild drinking area. This beer was pleasant but not special.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draught at Hollyfields Sports and Social Club, Erdington, Birmingham. Bright amber, with a smooth, large nitro-keg head. Very toffee flavoured and refreshing. Light and easily gulpable, but the smoothness seems to work well. Sweet and enjoyable.
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