3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
50 cl bottle, Sheffield, UK. Transparent ruby brown, sweet brown sugar aroma. Some chocolate and bitterness on the first sip, slightly chalky. Sweet finish.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Bronze with plenty of body considering its relative weakness. Some maltiness and slightly burnt. Impressive label makes it stand out. Quite nice.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Malty aroma with a touch of caramel. Quite a mild flavoured beer. Bittersweet with a smokey edge and a dry finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
bottle at preston travelodge ... deep brown .. thin tan head ...sweet toffee malts nose ... little fizzy ... sweet treacle toffe malts... little burn sugers ... ok
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Colour, chestnut with a small tan head. Aroma of malt, caramel, maybe a bit of tobacco. Taste, average, not as good as Newcastle Brown, but still a good drink with a medium body. 13/20, I enjoyed it, that’s it.
2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Bottle from Booth’s. Pours chestnut with a slim cream disc. Rusty tin can full of Werthers aroma. Drab taste like sucking on a pine cone drizzled with caramel and iron filings. No true malt or BA character, and too much rusty drainpipe for my liking.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle at The Three Crowns, Macclesfield. The best beer they sell in there by a mile. Steer clear of the Holts Diamond or Crystal. Absolute piss. Reddish brown with medium white head. A lot of caramel in the aroma and tobacco as many other Holts brews do. More caramel in the flavour with some sweetness. I’ve drunk a few of these as I drink in a few Holts pubs and when in those pubs next time there is only one choice.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottled. A brown beer with a lazing tan head. The aroma has notes of malt and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and caramel.
2.7 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle at home (bought in Manc). Dark amber red with a good thick beige head. Subtle maltiness with a touch of caramel and only a hint of hops. Pleasent enough as a thirst quencher.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle from Asda, pours a dark amber, nice colour with some burnt malts but it’s let down slightly by the fact that there is just no depth to the beer, it’s almost like it’s been diluted for want of a better description. A nice bitterness at the end, just needs more depth
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