3 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Handpulled cask at JDW Hatch End, Harrow. Gold with a healthy white head. Fruity malts with a hint of pear drops. Plenty of english hop bitterness. Good session ale.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at The George, W1. Copperish coloured bitter, light pleasant mouthfeel, pleasant mix of malty sweetness and gentle floral hop. Good session beer.
2.4 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask @ 3 Crows. Sour vegetable aroma. Amber colour. Resin hop flavour. Reasonably smooth. Not a great bitter.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at Tobie Norris, Stamford, Lincolnshire. Bright amber. Old fashioned malt aroma. Taste is thick and malty with some bitterness. I suspect this was the 3.8% version. Quite enjoyed it.
3.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Vintage bottle from 1989. Warm toffee-accented sweetness with a fully soaked cardboardy bitterness. Some smoke, some chocolate. A bit of Lapsong Souchong. Hmm. Some rusty tin and some fruit. This is nice and very interesting - the flavours melding together well and counter-pointing and enhancing each other. A very satisfying experience for an old 3.3% beer.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
A Mes rate. Cask handpull at Baker Street ’Sporks.
Dull and uneventful. Clean golden brown with a thin bubbly off white head. Wheaty, bready, faint bitterness and a lager like malty finish. Couldn’t be bothered with it after a sixth of a pint. Not offensive, just disgracefully dull.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask (handpump) @ The Benjamin Huntsman, 12–18 Cambridge Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England S1 4HP.
Clear medium to dark yellow orange color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, corn, light to moderate hoppy, fruity. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090419]
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask, Lord Keeper of the Great Seal, Oadby. Golden amber with a small head. Aromas are weetabix malts with some lemon and strawberry. Flavours are sweet malts with hints of caramel. Very fruity and spicy with a dry finish.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: FEB 2, 2011 Cask conditioned handpump Butchers Arms Kings Sutton A copper coloured beer with an off-white head. The aroma has some fruit and also grassy notes. The taste has fruit and also a bit of sulphur. Tastes like an old fashioned recipe. Score 3.0
Subsequent rating scored 3.1. Score unchanged
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask in the new crown. Alround rating: Decent session bitter, biscuity earthy malts, bitter brown malted bread, floral dry bittering hop.
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