2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask (gravity) @ National Winter Ales Festival 2009, Manchester, England.
Clear medium to dark brown color with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, roasted, chocolate, butterscotch notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration. Body is medium to light, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat to soft. [20090124]
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
[Cask at GBBF 2004] A brown beer with no head. The aroma is primarily of chocolate, while the flavor is roasted bitter with notes of coffe, but the body is ofcourse thin - it is a mild. Nice one.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask@GBBF2010. Deep ambery brown colour with small off-white head. Aroma is liquorice, mild ashes, some roastes malts, mild nuts and chocolate. Flavour is being quite much the same with a big coffeeish and chocolateish finish. Nice stoutish mild ale.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Sampled cask conditioned in Manchester.
Pale amber. Lightly flowery aroma. Light bodied, bready with sweet finish.
2.7 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask @ The Rain Bar, Manchester M1. Pours a dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty caramel aroma. Slightly roasted malty caramel flavor with some hints of chocolate. Has a roasted malty caramel finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
cask at JDW Edinburgh ... Deep copper ... light fruit malt ... Loads of toffee fruity som hop but lots of sweet fruit malts.
3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Light amber; fruity, hoppy, slight berry note; sweet finish.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: APR 1, 2008 Cask at GBBF 2005
Dull inoffensive watery, some fruit could drink it all night and not notice 1.9/5
Re-rate Cask handpull at Willow Walk ’Sporks. Very dark ruby, thin beige head. Decent tasty dark mild, some roasted malt, bit toasty, some sting on the tongue at end. Aroma of dark syrup and fruit that is quite attractive. Rather a good mild, with this subtle sting finish.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: NOV 2, 2009 1. Cask Handpump at the Golden Pheasant, Plumley 19/03/2001
Dark coloured and quite malty.
2. Cask Handpump at the Golden Pheasant, Plumley 04/06/2001
Light on the palate and slightly bitter.
3. Cask Handpump at the Golden Pheasant, Plumley 10/09/2001
Mid brown coloured and smooth on the palate. Very hoppy finish.
4. Cask Handpump at the Penny Black, Northwich (JDW) 14/10/2004
Dark coloured and hoppy. Some tangy fruit. Slightly dry roast finsih.
5. Cask Handpump at the Millstone, Manchester 11/03/2005
Dark slightly hoppy and fruity. Smooth finish with some dryness.
6. Cask Handpump at the Junction, Middleton 27/12/2005
Dark coloured with a skunk aroma. Smooth on the palate and hoppy with some sour fruit flavour. Some bitterness in a slightly dry finish.
7. Cask Handpump at the Saracens Head, Stockton Heath 30/05/2009
Chocolate aroma. Dark coloured smooth on the palate and slightly fruity with a little dryness in a crisp malt finish.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask conditioned at a Wetherspoons. Brown with soapy cream head. A decent amount of flavour in this, there is a roasty caramel, toffee note, some sweetness and some fruitiness. Thinnish in the finish, but pretty reasonable.
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