3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
1. Cask Stillage at the Community Centre, Frodsham 25/05/2002
Amber mid brown coloured and slightly bitter. Some sweetness in a smooth dry malt finish.
2. Cask Handpump at the Penny Black, Northwich 27/05/2002
Mid brown coloured and malty. Slightly dry bitter finish.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Tasted this in the Saltcot, Saltcoats (JDW) in May 2003. Cask, handpump dispense. Clear pale russet in colour with a thin white head. Floral hops in the short nose. Thin weak mouthfeel and good lacing. Pale malt gives a poor digestive malt base with slight redcurrant fruit. Floral hops in the short bitter aftertaste leaves some astringency. Finish is poor and runs out of legs. Has a slightly sweet malty edge but nothing more. An ok session bitter.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
(Bottle 50 cl) Dark amber without much head. Lightly smoked character with a discreet sweetnes and a subdued bitterness. Somewhat nutty notes, very drinkable and pleasant although not with the greatest personality. 090303
3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
[Cask at Volunteers Arms, GBBF 2004] A brown beer with a small beige head. The aroma is light - what is there is of sweet caramel. The flavor is roasted with loads of chocolate, leading to a nice dry bitter end, but the body is a little thin. A very refreshing beer.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
[Cask conditioned] Brown coloured. Malty and fruity aroma. Quite roasty and malty flavour.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Lift it and cry to the eagles that come down from the cargs with meat in their claws for two peaple. This is a decent drop to spill. A brown ale is my thinking.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Very dark bitter with a strong head and a roasted aroma. The flavour is dry with a slightly burn't feel. Overall a pleasant dark bitter.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
A lovely brown nutty malt flavour,good hops,a very tasty bitter,a nice session.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Nicely bottled. It doesn't indicate that this is bottle conditioned, but it behaves and tastes as if it is. A wondeful chocolate and coffee aroma with a touch of musty oak and a slap of leather. Very drinkable with a restrained but tasty balance of dark malts and tree bark hops. A classic bitter using classic English hops to good effect. Long dusty finish. Good 'un!
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Frothy head, amber color. Slight hoparoma. Hopbitter flavor with butterscotch. Just a hint of blackcurrant.
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