3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
On gravity at the Great Welsh Beer & Cider Festival, Cardiff 16/6/2011. Deep gold in colour with a slight white head. Sweet, slightly yeasty aroma of apricots and peaches. Flavour was also sweet, with some slightly spicy notes and dryish finish. Fine.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Golden and quite hoppy. Very bitter with a strong mouthfeel that lasts for some time. Nice.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask conditioned - handpump - Malt Shovel, Northampton. A copper coloured beer with a fruity malty aroma. The taste is also malty with some toffee notes. Pretty decent and drinkable.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Torben Mathews’ tasting, Gyngen, Aarhus, DK, 230408
Bottled
Very delicate. Malty fruitiness that turns to flavorhops. Aroma is sweet and hoppy. Balanced carbonation and bitterness. This is what a bitter should be like - and tihs was a young one
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden amber. Aroma and taste are sweet malt, sugar and hops. Notes of fruits as well.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle Torben Mathews tasting.
Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Orange colour. MOsderate malty and hoppy aroma, licorice notes. Powerfull nice bitter flavor. Average bitter finish. Creamy palate. Excellent bitter.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask conditioned @ Hobgoblin, Reading. Odd perfumey floral fruit. Fairly sweet with some caramel but there’s just about enough bitterness to keep it drinkable.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask@The Wenlock Arms. A bitter and nothing else. Balanced well between hops and malt. earthy/grainy malt and citric hops. Average.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
A Mes rate:
Cask at the Wenlock. Fairly cloudy, lightish coloured bitter. Fairly hoppy and fruity. Fairly straight down the line. Fairly boring. Fairly standard English bitter rate.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask condition, handpull at Wenlock Arms. Gold colour, slight haze with thin off white head. It’s a bitter, it’s fine. Some decent hop bit, citrus flavour, some tangerine. Very pleasant and drinkable.
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