3.1 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Medway Beer Festival. An inoffensive drinkable session bitter. Light sulphur notes in a lightly fruity base with minimal but juniper flavoured hops. Soft and very drinkable, though initial impressions are that it tastes like dishwater. Once the palate adjusts, this is very gulpable.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: JAN 31, 2005 Cask @ The Checkers (High), Oxford, UK Backlog 14 Aug 2004
Served a bit hazy and it had a hint of banana in aroma. Reasonable but that’s it. 5/3/6/4/10 (2.8)
RERATE:Cask @ Camra National Winter Ale Festival, Manchester, UK 28 Jan 2005
Malty, sweet and cuddly. Good cookie-like aftertaste. Nice balance.
2.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 11/20
cask: this is a typical bitter style beer...not over the top but some decent kent golding flavor. some strange metallic flavors in the end. all in all not bad. nothing to write home about.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask conditioned - handpump with sparkler - Fish Inn Northampton. A mid brown beer with some hoppiness on the nose. The taste is fruity and clean and traditional. An obviously well brewed bitter.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
A lot of people don’t like Lees beers, and I can see why. They have a pretty unique flavour that has been described as “metallic” and “line cleaner” by various people I know. Agreed, it’s a strange flavour, but I think you either love it or you don’t which is usually a good sign in a beer – after all, distinctiveness is a positive attribute in my book. A golden brew with a faint hop and, well, let’s just call it “Lees” aroma! The flavour is dry and malty, some wheatiness is present, but the bitterness, “Lees-ness” and astringency take over and last into the finish. Sometimes some hoppiness is also detectable. I love it, others hate it. Just as it should be. (cask at Golden Pheasant, Plumley)
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
A rare sighting in a London pub. Unfortunately, although drinkable, it wasn't in peak condition and tasted rather dull. Amber and kind of nutty from what I could tell. Must re-rate if I get the chance. Handpump, Hogshead, Monument, London EC3, March 2003.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask Conditioned. Amber to medium brown beer with foamy head. Quite a sulpherous aroma which follows through into the taste, largely an acidic hop flavour, dry with a pleasant long lasting bitterness.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 10/20
Dry hop with little carbonation in the bitter tradition. Kinda soapy though.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Amber; very fruity (raspberry, blackberry); some hop, acidic notes in the finish.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Sampled cask conditioned in Manchester.
Dark amber. Nutty aroma. Dryish and light bodied. Honeyish finish.
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