2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask handpull at County Hotel, Ashford. Yeasty standard bitter. No real reason why this should have been called a Christmas beer at all.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Tasted this in The Saltcot, Saltcoats (JDW) in December 2007. Cask, handpump dispense. Clear copper red in colour with a thin white head. Hint of ripe figs in the short sweet aroma. Thin mouthfeel and good lacing. Pale malts give a digestive biscuit base with fruit notes of figs and raisins. Very slight hop flavour noted in this, but hard to detect against the sweet malty background. Finish is malty with a redcurrant tang of fruit. A reasonable session bitter.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask, The Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, Leicester. Amber with a dense head. Aromas are sweet toffee malts with some Autumn fruit. Quite peppery. Flavours are toffee malts with some earthiness. Dry with pear and tea. Quite soft with some smooth chocolate notes. Pretty good.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask conditioned at a Wetherspoons. Amber with white head. Sweet malty bitter with a background chemical note, sharp. Slight hop note and malty fruitiness. An ok beer.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at Wetherspoons near Trafalgar Square, London.
full pint. Pale amber/dark orange coloured, medium sized white head that went away very fast. The aroma is mild sweet malty, pleasant hoppy and fruity with flowery notes in the finish.
|
