3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
A - fruity, caramel and smokey
A - copper with lasting head
T - sweet with light bitter
P - mid and soft
O - decent
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Tasted this at the Fat Cat, Norwich in June 2002. Cask, handpump dispense. Clear pale russet in colour with a thin white head. Slight note of blackcurrants in the short aroma. Thin but creamy mouthfeel and good lacing. Complex malts gives a digestive biscuit note with mixed berry fruit giving body and complexity. Slight hop prickle noted in the earthy aftertaste but fades fast. Finish is very sweet and fruity with drier woody redcurrants coming through. An ok ESB style session ale and well recommended.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
27th August 2007
Warning! Early amateur rating! On tap at the Sun Inn, Kelvedon. Tart and fruity. Moderate carbonation. Not too bitter. Very drinkable.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask conditioned at The Turf Tavern, Oxford. Tawny with white head. Deeper beer with hints of chocolate malts then a light tangy hop on a dry bitter. There is fruitiness too with a sweetish plum note. A nicely balanced and interesting beer, enjoyable.
2.1 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
Bottled. A hazy amber beer with a huge beige head. The aroma has notes of malt, but with a powerful acidic edge. The flavor is sweet malty, but with light acidic edge and light notes of ginger, leading to a dry finish. Thanks fonefan for sharing.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle 50cl.
Clear medium amber orange color with a average, frothy - creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, light to moderate hoppy, moderate yeasty. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft. (220808)
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
(Bottle 50 cl) Courtesy of fonefan. Slightly hazy amber golden with a dense, off-white head leaving laces. Has a light Brett aroma. Medium body, dry fruit accents and a little horse blanket before a bitter finish. 220808
1.9 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 6/20
Bottle, thx to fonefan. It pours a hazy orange-golden body with a big, dense, off-white head. Sourish, chalky nose with some cooked vegetables and some sweetish maltyness. Sourish, citrusy and chalky flavor, but there’s also a good sweet maltyness giving it some balance and depth. Medium body. Malty, sourish and dusty finish with some bitterness. Another far from impressing English bottle-conditioned beer. (080822)
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
50 cL bottle. Pours hazy orange with a lacing off white head. Orange fruity hops and perhaps also mild bacterial infection. Mild creamy brett flavour with a mild orange fruity and slight wooden note. Light citric to dry woody finish. Nice yet once again presumeably not as intended.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Glowing orangey amber, cloudy, with a huge offwhite head. Complex aroma of hay and chocolate. Tastes rather bitter, but with noticeable milk chocolate. Some dark fruit as well. It is an unusual combination, but I actually quite like it.
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