3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask Conditioned at Bishop’s Arms, Malmö
Hazy amber color. Light malty aroma, Drinkable, refreshing malty taste, medium body structure, some caramel, strong final bitterness. Ordinary.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask Handpump at the Bar Fringe, Manchester 18/12/2005
Bronze coloured with a fruity aroma. Malty flavour with a dry lasting slightly bitter finish.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask @ Bishop’s Arms, Malmö. Hazy copper colour with a white head. Fruity aroma with some spicy hints. Fruity spicy flavor, hints of cloves. Hoppy and a little spicy finish.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
[cask in JDW] pretty standard bitter. caramel malty, citric hoppy. decent body. no idea what makes it a christmas beer though.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
A very drinkable ale, not sure if i would classify it as a bitter though as theres a decent amount of spice in here.
3.4 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 20/20
JDW, Rochester. A pleasant slightly toasty best bitter with a lingering soft hop finish. Licorice notes along with clove and rosemary. Interesting and attractive. The Swedes beer was clearly off - mine was in good condition and there were no sour or acidic notes. And the beer was not golden either.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at The Bishops Arms, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Hazy golden with a small, bubbly head.
Faint, dry aroma of some citrus.
Almost flat with a sourish flavour.
A bit too thin.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
( Cask )
Dark golden colour, thin head. Hoppy, slight acidic, perfume-ish aroma. Citric, almost sour flavour with some hints of apple and pear. Somewhat hoppy bitterness in finish.
3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask conditioned @ Standing Order (JDW), Soton. Pale bitter without much malt. Some citric hops with a cleansing finish. Slightly unusual flavour - perhaps nutmeg.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask handpull at Thomas Ingoldsby JDW, Canterbury. Copper colour with thin beige head. Green apple and hop aroma with some yeast. Spicy hop finish, quite tangy, but a bit lifeless in the middle
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