4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Islay Brewery, Scotland.
Bottled, 260708.
Amber with a very nice lasting white head. Aroma complex of fruit, citrus and toffee. Flavor with a nice balance of malty sweetness and a grapefruit sourness. Medium bitter. Best pint I had in Scotland!
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Bright orange-gold with thick stable head. Aroma is gin-like with floral hop notes. Soft palate. Really lovely hoppy flavors here. the malts are richly smoky, toasty. The hops are lovely with citrus peel, bitter herbs, and dry flowers. Gorgeous!
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle conditioned, 50cl, from Westholme Stores, Goring-on-Thames, Oxon. Amber with a thick white head; fruity apricot aroma; slightly sour grapefruit flavour to start, rather like a kriek, then an explosion of intense chewy bitterness leaving a dry finish. Excellent.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Cloudy light tan. Hop aroma is dried leaves and earth. Leafy character, with some toast and a dry finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
50 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is mild peach hoppy. Mellow yeasty and peachy hops fruity flavoured. Mild bitterness and mellow yeasty finish. Nice one.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle picked up from Westholme, Londis, Goring-on-Thames, Oxon, had this 11-05-08 This has a nice bite to it, good fruitiness, some soft slightly sour apricot. Poured hazy amber in colour with a tiny white head and film of thin white bubbles, quite refreshing on a summers day.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Hazy golden with a big, white head. Aroma dominated by fruit, pineapple in particular, with a yeasty note. Dry and fruity flavour with a hoppy and quite bitter finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cloudy golden with a huge off white head. Aroma was dry with pale malt, yeast and hoppy notes. Flavor was dry with plenty of hops, pine, grapefruit and lemons. Finished dry and bitter.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
500 ml bottle. From the Scottish Real Ale Shop.
Pale orange golden colour with small white head.
Bitterish fruity hops, sourish apple, grainy malt and electric fire in aroma.
Flavour is bitter hops and heavy grainy malt.
Bitterness is harsh but somewhat weirdly enjoyable.
Bitterness stays.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 15/20
clear yellow, smooth yellow head.
nice citrussy flowery aroma
flavor is nicely bitterhoppy, malts balance well. good bitter ale. well hopped.
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