4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Cask at the Sultan, London SW19, UK on 24th June 2009. Golden session ale with lasting off-white head. Moderately hoppy and clean tasting. Some fruitiness Zingy mouthfeel, longish dry finish, leaving the drinker wanting more. A good pint.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Excellent session beer. Even appeals to lager drinkers!
Light colour, hoppy flavour good dry finish
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask Conditioned at a wetherspoons. Golden beer with chunky white head. Low gravity, no nonsense, lightly malted drinking beer. Refreshing, quenching hops, a beer for a night out and at £1:39 per pint we did exactly that.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask at the Wyndham Arms, Salisbury. Amber with a loose white head; aroma of fresh, grassy hops and malts; in the mouth there is an immediate bite of sharp citrus hops, then a slightly sweet malty body; follwed by a prolonged bitterness. An excellent bitter.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
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3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draught at The Sultan, Colliers Wood, London. Light, golden bitter. Flowery aroma, with a flowery and fruity taste. Quite hoppy. No head, small amount of lacing. Quietly tasty beer, medium length finish.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask, Turf Tavern, Oxford. Sturdy copper, just off-white head. Lots of minerals in the nose, sulfer, farmy hops, pound cake. Brisk, full raisin/butter bitterness, blackberries, dry toasty caramel with a rye edge. Light, pleasant, good flavor to abv ratio.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask@Charlies Pub, Copenhagen. Golden colour, small white head. Sweet fruity hoppyness along with some wood. Flavour is wood, nectar, fruity hops and some caramel malty notes as well. Smooth and refreshing.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
pale golden yellow nice tight head, ,fizzy and fruity but with a little grassy hop background
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: MAY 15, 2007 Draught pint at NERAX on 5/2/07
Small, manageable white head is creamy and retained modestly well. Beige-golden body is fully bright. Little/no lace.
Very malty nose delays the presence of the hops, which are very, very soft and lightly floral at most. Some nuttiness, not really a crispness and light pepper-like notes sit on the finish, with a very clean yeast presence adding very soft, fruity esters. Mostly, it is a medium-sweet, creamy malt full of baked white bread, light barley grain and some biscuits. A deeper streak of buttercream runs through it, though is distinctly not diacetyl. Medium strength of aroma, some light paperiness and tannin on finish. No alcohol or flaws.
Very malty flavor up front has vanilla, buttercream and bread dough all providing a fair complexity, but a slightly seltzer-like finish, almost like a hard-pretzel, stemming from the yeast, nuttiness and dry malt tannin, seems rather bland and not really crisp. True, there is some hoppiness, but EKGs are never very crisp and the bitterness is extremely minimal. Still, it’s well-done to style and flawless. I guess I’m just not crazy about the malts and the slight hardness/graininess. Not enough balancing softness nor a supple enough texture. Medium-low carbonation.
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