ante (2904), Stockholm, Sweden Oct 22, 2008 Bottled at Monks Cafe, Stockholm. POurs out in aclear amber colour with a dense lasting white foam. Dense aroma of cookies and fishfood with notes of oranges and fudge. Medium-bodied with notes of oranges, and apricots with strong notes of crackers, white bread, roatsed nuts and earth .Dryish medium-bitter finish with notes of white bread, cookies and nuts. Not aromatic at all. fonefan (10868), VestJylland, Denmark Jun 21, 2008 Cask gravity @ Reading Beer Festival 2008. Clear medium orange color with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, roasted, caramel, moderate hoppy, orange. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. (030508) MesandSim (5790), London, Greater London, England May 10, 2008 Updated: Dec 1, 2008<i>A Mes rate: Gravicask at Reading Beer Festival.</i> Attractive bright gold with a thin white rim. Peachy hops with a delicate sweetness. Bland and boring but completely inoffensive. (6/3/6/3/12)
***Re-rate*** Dark gold with no head but decent condition, work that one out. A really well balanced brew. Malt and hops are both clear but neither arguing for top spot. Some faint tobacco and some decent citric notes too. Very drinkable. Nice dusty bitter finish with a good dry feel. Decent stuff and much better than when we had it at Reading. Garrat (1132), Suffolk, England Apr 15, 2008 Bottle.Amber with a large head,aroma is citric with some toffee,taste is light malt and hoppy some sour with a dry bitter finish. leaparsons (4659), Leicester, Leicestershire, England Jan 12, 2008 Bottle. Hazy gold with a white foam. Aromas are herbal with bitter lemon. Yeast with soft hops. Flavours are spiced oranges with dry peppery hops. Bitter and dry on the finish with a woody aftertaste. OK. jobyone (234), Charlotte, USA Jan 10, 2008 Pours golden with white head. THe aroma has some has some hop aroma. The flavor is just bland. There is a very slight bitterness at the end but a bit of a disapointment overall. imdownthepub (5089), Banbury, Oxfordshire, England Jun 17, 2007 Cask conditioned at The Waggon & Horses, Tipton, W.Midlands. Gold with white head. Looks like I was fortunate to have the cask version, smooth, big flavoured bitter for the ABV, dry and hoppy with a fragrant tang to it. Long tasty finish. johndoughty (2150), cheslyn hay, West Midlands, England Aug 29, 2002 Some bottle condtioned beers are as good as their cask conditioned version.Unfortunately this is not one of them.
An acid taste overpowers the whole beer so it is hard to say what other tastes it really has to offer.
If you are patient enough you eventually reach a suttle bitter taste which gives you an idea of what it would be like in draught form.Perhaps I was unlucky but on this tasting this not one I would recommend.
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