3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at the GBBF. Light amber with a small white head. Malty aroma with toffee notes, and some grassy hops. Sweetish toffee and biscuit flavour with grassy hops and a nice bitter finish
2.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
Cask at the Crown Rivers (JDW), Heathrow Terminal 5. Amber with a tight cream head; biscuity aroma; thin and watery with some light fruity malts; and a dry lightly hopped finish. Not very inspiring - hopefully I’ll find better on my trip to Boston.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask by handpump at Last Post, Paisley (9 May 12) - clear abmer ale, medium creamy off-white head, sweet caramel malt aroma, good temperature, initial honey notes, hint of caramel, prolonged fruity sweetness, oily feel
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
The Felix, Nuneaton, 19/04/12. Copper with a creamy off white collar. Soft sultana fruit aroma. And flavour; some Weetabix, varnish, vanilla. Distinct Wotsit afters, Weetabix. Cereal-soft. An enjoyable pint- more so than expected.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2011, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.
Clear medium amber colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, malt extract, nutty notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration, malt extract, nutty notes, initial pudder sugar. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20110803]
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask (GBBF2011, Wed)
Rich sweet malty aroma. Orange. Full mashy sweet palate, clean and grainy and bready. Lovely bready cakey finish. Definitely a very close connection with its ingredients.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask @ GBBF, 2011. Pours amber with a white head. Corn, grain and peach. Thin.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask@GBBF2011. Amber colour, small white head. Aroma is fruits, wood and some mild notes of nectar and syrup. Flavour is wood, fruits, earth, some notes of toasted malts, non-sweet syrup as well as some quite strong malty notes as well.
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