3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20Cask (gravity dispense) at Reading Beer Festival on 28 April 2011. Amber colour rather than golden. More malty than hoppy, although I didn’t find it particularly fruity. Moderately bitter but the hops are more earthy than aromatic. In summary, a decent, if unspectacular, middle of the road bitter.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask (gravity) @ The 17th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2011, Reading, Berkshire England.
Clear medium yellow orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, pale malt, light to moderate hoppy, fruity. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, hops, dry, fruity. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20110428]
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: NOV 6, 2011 Cask conditioned handpump Lamplighter Northampton. An amber coloured beer with a whitish ring of head and lacing. A malty beer which is a bit chewy in the mouth. Leafy and fruity hops. Pretty bitter. An ordinary English bitter. Score 3.0
Subsequent ratings scored 3.3 and 2.8. Score unaltered
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask handpull, Whitefriars, Coventry, 12/06/11. Bronze-amber with big- bubbled froth. Dug earth, sesame and English trees aroma. Dank and mushroomy in a good way (I think) with hints of elder and sesame. Cleaner, biscuit and toasted nut notes in the finish. Some sulphur on the nose. Chewy and damp with metallic grassy streaks. Not what I was looking for at all after a pint of The Doctor, but decent enough.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask conditioned at Banbury Beer Fest ’11. Gold with white head. Easy, malty beer, some fruity notes and a little sweetish, light on the palate but little follow through, just an easy going beer.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask (handpump) at the Darlington Spring Thing Beer Festival. ABV is 4.5%. Golden colour, low head. Moderate aroma of fruity and herbal hops. Tolerably hopped flavour, but not nearly as fruity as promised.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at Wellington Arms, Bedford. Gold with a white head. Hair oil aroma. Sweet, full malt taste with a touch of citrus. Mid to sharp bitter finish. A new brewery in Olney, a few miles up the River Ouse from here. A good start: I liked this positive, punchy beer.
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