2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol 3/11/09. Deep gold, slightly hazy with a slight white head. Aroma of tinned peaches and digestive biscuits. Flavour was sweet with some apricot jam, earthy hops and a short, bitter finish. A half pint was enough.
2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
It has a dry and lingering aftertaste, although this is a bland ale at best.
2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
7th August 2009
GBBF. Cask. Clear amber beer. Semi dry palate. Fruity but a little too much apple. Finishes semi dry with more apple. A bit young mayhap?
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Tasted this in the Salt Cot, Saltcoats in (JDW) April 2012. Cask, handpump dispense. Clear pale copper in colour with a thin white head. Clear note of runny honey in the short sweet aroma. Thin watery mouthfeel and poor lacing. Pale malt gives a poor digestive biscuit base with sweet caramel present. Dusty hop resins provide a slightly bitter aftertaste but this fades fast tthough. Finish is malty and quite dry with oak cask notes in the palate. An ok session bitter but still below average though.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask by handpump at Last Post, Paisley (24 Mar 12) - clear amber ale, medium creamy off-white head, citrus malty aroma, caramel biscuit, good temperature, high carbonation, mild bitter aftertaste
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at JDW. Red amber colour. After a while the short white head completely vanishes. Smooth, easy-drinking beer with a surprisingly hefty body. Lots of sweet caramel and a hint of spices as it ends. Not bad.
2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask conditioned at a Wetherspoons. Red amber with no head. This had a real vinous pong to it getting toward manure. Tartish fruity beer, tasted old and flat. Crikey it had been kept badly.
2.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask, The Francis Newton, Sheffield. Clear ruby amber, thick head. Mild soapy aroma, weak caramel and fruit flavour. Strange finish, slightly metallic.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at the Webb Ellis (JDW), light brown with malty nose and good nutty and hoppy flavour, Light bitter finish with herby hop notes.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask @ Wetherspoons pub, Gatwick Airport, secured zone. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are caramel, hops, fruits and malt. Soft carbonated and full bodied.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask. JDW fest. Medium golden color with a small white head. Light, grassy fruity nose. Hops. The taste is mildly jammy, some marmalade, marmite, apricots and peaches, light grassy hops. A bit funky. Light/medium body. Some subtle carbonation. Overall, a decent pint.
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