2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask @ Great British Beer Festival, GBBF 2008, Earls Court, London, England SW5.
Clear light to medium yellow orange color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, light hoppy, light yeast, earth. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. (060808)
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask @ National Winter Ales Festival 2009. An amber beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of malt, caramel, and honey. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, honey, and caramel, leading to a dry, bitter finish where also the honey lingers. The body is no wonder light.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask@GBBF2008. Amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma is wood,mild vegetables and some slight flowery grass. Flavour is wood, vegetables, very dry and mild notes of yeast. Mouthdrying.
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.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask, 4.0% at GBBF08. Hazy copper colour. Small white head. Weak fruity flavour, a little apple, but not green.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Clear amber with tiny white head. Sweet fruity aroma with caramel, malty and hoppy notes. Sweet flavor with toasted malt, caramel and hoppy notes. Ends bitter.
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.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask handpull at Lion Tavern, Liverpool. Deep gold with creamy head. Use of sparklers at this pub methinks. Slightly eggy aroma. Firmish in mouth with yeasty hop inish. Could be good but ruined by sparkler. Bitter citrus hop finish, bit bready. OK bitter.
2.7 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask @ The Gullivers, M4 Manchester. Pours a clear golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor with some hoppy hints. Has a fruity malty finish with some hints of caramel and hops in the aftertaste.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: MAY 18, 2010 1. Cask Handpump at the Golden Pheasant, Plumley 19/03/2001
Smooth on the palate and slightly fruity.
2. Bottle at the Original Wire, Warrington 07/05/2001
Malty but quite gassy.
3. Cask Handpump at the Golden Pheasant, Plumley 14/05/2001
Very malty and slightly dry.
4. Cask Handpump at the Hare & Hounds, Bury 17/05/2001
Smooth on the palate. Hoppy aftertaste.
5. Cask Handpump at the Golden Pheasant, Plumley 04/06/2001
Hoppy and dry with citrus aroma.
6. Cask Handpump at the Kingfisher, Leftwich 05/09/2006
Some hop aroma. Amber golden coloured and slightly bitter. A little dryness in a lasting hop finish.
7. Cask Handpump at the Golden Pheasant, Plumley 22/02/2008
Fruit and some hop aroma. Golden coloured and hoppy with hints of bitterness and dryness in a slightly fruity malt finish.
8. Cask Handpump at the Kingfisher, Leftwich 02/10/2008
Some hop aroma. Amber golden and fruity with a little bitterness in a crisp and slightly dry malt finish.
9. Cask Handpump at Duttons, Chester 13/02/2010
Fruit and some hop aroma. Amber golden coloured and hoppy with a crisp and slightly dry malt finish.
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