3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20Cask at Rover’s Return, Douglas, Isle of Man. Hazy golden, small head. Intense sweaty hay-like hop aroma. Quite dry with medium body and well rounded mouthfeel. Nice combination of hay-like hops and soothing custardy malt. Really bitter finish.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask @ The Bon Accord. Dark golden amber colour, reasonable head. Mild cereal malt aroma. Dry resin glue flavour, citrus aftertaste. Not a good beer.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask handpull, The Wig and Pen, Northampton, 07/05/11. Brilliant orange with a slick white collar lacing finely. Good jellied orange and pineapple aroma with hints of herb and pepper. Tangy and pepper-flecked with a ripe orange flesh hop character, fat mouthfeel and flicks of ash, yeast and dry roasted. Sweet and full. Solid.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask handpump at The Bell, Banbury, Oxon, 22-03-10 Banbury Beer Festival Meeting. Pours gold with a thin white lacing, fruity and dry in the mouth, some tanginess but there is also a little sweetness consistently showing through this. Another beer that has held up very well. A6 A4 F8 P4 Ov14 3.6
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask conditioned at The Bell, Banbury. Amber to gold with white head. Really quite hoppy on a reasonable roasty, malt body. Pear skin like with a good drying quality. Enjoyed it.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
UPDATED: AUG 17, 2010 Cask conditioned handpump Sun Inn Kislingbury. A golden coloured beer with a thin white head. The aroma has a little tired fruit skins amongst some spicy hops. The taste is fairly full with more decent hop levels but there is a bit of tiredness in there too. Would like to try this fresher. Score 2.9
Subsequent ratings scored 2.5 and 3.1. Average becomes 2.8
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