3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
50 cl bottle. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is toastd malty and crisp hoppy. Bitter, dry and light phenolic. Ends dry and bitter, light roasted finish.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Sample at CBF12. Frothy off-white good mostly lasting head. Amber colour. Moderate malty and light hoppy aroma. light bitter flavor. Average llight bitter finish. Oily palate. boring.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle 50 cl. Pours a cloudy amber with a tiny off-white head. Discreet nutty aroma with a little phenols. Light body, a slight nuttiness and a dry finish. 110512
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
(bottle) Clear, amber to copper colour with a short and slightly tanned foamy head. Slightly toasted caramel-malty aroma with hints of liquorice and berry-fruity hops. Mildly bitter and slightly sweet flavour, light to almost medium bodied with a soft carbonation. Cara-malty base with liquorice-spice; initially subtle fruity notes which are getting stronger towards the dry-ish and moderately bitter hoppy finish. Nice and rounded Ale. 11.III.12
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Amber, small to average and fully diminishing head. Moderate malty and sweetish aroma, some caramel and light fruitiness, light roasted malt and light grassy hoppyness. Medium malty and sweetish flavor with some caramel and light fruitiness, light grassy hoppyness. Finish is average, malty and lightly sweetish, light caramel and light fruitiness, light roasted malt and some grassy - herbal hoppyness. OK sweetish and fruity bitter - bit too sweet and too much caramel for my taste.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
500ml bottle. Clear reddish amber with average off-white head. Aroma has grain, hay and citrus. Dry taste, slightly sourish, dark berries. OK.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottled, 500ml from Notcutts Garden Centre, Oxford. Amber with white head. As my Uncle Alan (rip) was a Burma Star veteran, this one was for him. Sharp, malty flavours, grainy with some biscuit, ovaltine, then a hint of boiled veg typical of Hogs Back bottled beers. Dryness in the close. Not sure.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
50cl bottle. Pours amber with a nice sized head some if which hangs around. The nose has biscuits and caramel. The taste has toffee, biscuits and a creamy bitter finish. The palate has a medium structure, medium texture and a quenching dry finish. Overall, a nice balanced bitter
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Pours Brown with white head. Malty. Quite nice really. For a bitter.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
From bottle. Pours chestnut brown. Slight fruity aroma, caramel malt, bit metallic. Taste is same, little chocolate, bitter finish
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