3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
500ml Bottle. Lasting white head on a clear golden body. Pleasant hoppy aroma with some malt support and the same in the taste, grapefruit, a little orange, good carbonation and balanced but maybe a little boring. Easy drinking though not a lot of interesting characters.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Herbal bitter. Citrusy fruit notes. Slightly metallic taste. Bitter aftertaste. Orange colour. Less carbonised.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
500ml bottle from Waitrose. Gold with a ring of white head; light carbonation; fresh hoppy aroma; sweet malty grapefruit flavour; biscuity hop finish. Pleasant.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
A bottle from local K-Supermarket. Slightly sour malty nose. Pale head. Pale golden yellow colour. Mild taste. Some lemon. At the end hoppiness.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
bottle 500ml 3,49€ from CM Lohja ABV 4,2% EXP 02 Jan 09 golden yellow tiny white head kick of hops from first sip. malty dash of grapefruit bit sulfur pleasant bitterness in aftertaste. Decent English bitter, easily drinkable.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle 500ml from Waitrose. Pours a straw colour with a white head. A somewhat doughy aroma. Taste is mellow and quite average. Not really too much of a finish to it either. It was part of a selection pack and is okay but nothing more than that.
2.4 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Pale gold, lacy head. Mild malty aroma. Malty with a stale, boring bitterness. Medium-light but hard and watery, dry carbonation. Dry bitter finish.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle. Quite deep golden pour with a rich white head. Taste is quite sweet, malts with some fruity bite. Raisins and almost like a pear too. Carbonation is nice, not too aggressive. Finishes off bitter, quite standard ale.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Appearance: Pale golden. Little bit of head. Shortlived.
Aroma: Fruity. Raisins? Pretty hopsy. Bit of malt.
Taste: Quite hopsy. Fruity, just a bit of malt. Bitter aftertaste.
Info: 500ml bottle, 11/11-2006, 108/500
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Appearance: golden color. Little head of white color, few dense and not lasting.
Aroma: malty and some wheaty smells, with honey reminiscences and fruity notes like papayas and oranges. Light floral hoppy aromas slightly resinous.
Flavor: pale malts and wheat in the start, fruity progress of papayas and oranges. Chamomile and other floral touches. Medium dry-hoppy final, lasting, some resinous and with bitterness similar to medicinal herbs. Grains aftertaste.
Palate: light to medium body and medium carbonation.
Remark: balanced and nice bitterness, but with few character. Decent beer.
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