3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask Real Ale 0.25L glass. Pale head. Mild nose. Pale golden yellow coppery colour. Some hints of nuts in the taste. Hoppy bite at the end.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at Wellington Arms, Bedford. Amber with a small white head. Curious aroma: metallic at first, then plastic and cardboard. Like... the interior of a cheap suitcase. Taste is really much the same, except there’s a suggestion of tomato soup. Some bitterness. Very peculiar beer. Wouldn’t want another, but I’m pleased I tried it.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
2nd December 2008. Clear amber beer, no real head. Semi dry and slightly spicy with some lightly bitter hop. Suspiciously like hard work.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at the Nags Head, Reading. Copper with a thin off-white head; roasted malt aroma; lots of deeping roasted malt flavour with touches of nuts, toffee and red fruit; leading to a spicy bitter finish. Very pleasant.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
cask 0,568 6,4€ at Gallows Bird 190209 amber white head fresh complex mixture of fruityness and strong tangy bitterness. Session beer
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask. Orangeish golden colour, mediumsized head. Aroma is wood, mild nectar and some slight herbal notes. Flavour is mild fruits, some wood and nuttyness as well as herbal notes. Mild grassyness in finish.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask (Pullman, Helsinki)
Mid orange, healthy head. Simple british ale aroma. Slightly mouldy and earthy taste. A touch nutty, with some bitterness too. Competent, but I’m not in the mood for it currently.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (handpump) @ Marble Arch, Manchester M4, UK. Clear dark amber color with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, roasted, spicy, moderate hoppy, herbs, lemon, moderate ginger. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. (180108)
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask-conditioned at the Bag O’Nails, Bristol 19/12/07. Amber with a slight off-white head. Aroma of ginger, cardomon and grassy hops. The flavour had some sweet malt, red fruit and a ginger finish. Good.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at The Woolpack, Banbury, 15-12-07 Poured amber colour with white head. Nice spicy floral nose, lovely hoppy kick, tasty refreshing, I kept looking at this beer and thinking how impressed I was with a pint that had a winter feel to it and yet came out as a session strength pint, really lovely beer that I should have had a few more of. This is the best newish Hop Back beer that I’ve had for some time.
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