3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (Black Door, Helsinki)
Slightly hazy deep orange, large loose head. Beautiful noble hop hoppy aroma, some slight black tea, and a decent malty component too. Huge fruit ester taste, plenty of malts, but masses of noble hops - all very well integrated together. Long nutty bitter finish. Classic English bitter - good one Hop Back.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Amber with a small white head. Weak fruity aroma with a little grass. Sweet fruity and toffee flavour
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask conditioned at a Wetherspoons, sold as Gaol House, but a very friendly manager revealed the secret. Copper brown with slight head, sold too cold. Tartish, fruity, nasal beer with a mass of caramel, not great, but I was in a Spoons.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask (handpump) @ Market Porter, Borough, London SE1, England.
Clear light to medium amber orange color with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, old malt, dusty, caramel notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration. Bitternes is malt bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. (030808)
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask at Kitty’s, Helsinki. Copper color. Sweetish biscuity aroma with hints of sulphur. Firm fruity-bitter flavor with some caramel and some apricot. Not in freshest condition.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask, 4.6%. Fruity aroma.copper colour, very small white head. The flavour is a little sweet and quite roasted. Good nuttiness. Medium bitterness, slightly rough in the finish.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
cask at Angleterre Helsinki 260808
dark yellow malty fruity bit spicy grapefruity hops well balanced. Worth to try again
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask, gravity, at Peterborough BF ’08. Copper. Slight citrus hop aroma. Grassy nettly taste with a mid bitter finish. This was quite good, though my taste buds had taken a bit of a beating by this stage of the festival.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask. Amber colour, small beige head. Aroma is wooden and fruity along with some slight yeastyness. Flavour is wooden and grassy and being balanced up by some sweet fruityness.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask handpull at Market Porter. Copper coloour with lasting beige head. Some dustyness to a fruity best bitter. It’s alright, some good fruit salad. Some decent malts, just a bit better than average. Bit earthy on finish.
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