3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms (JDW), Bristol 29/05/09. Amber with a moderate, off-white head. Light aroma of caramel and apricots. Flavour started with some more malt sweetness before being redeemed by a big, bitter hop finish. Ok.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
First tasted this at the Crystal Palace, Glasgow (JDW) in February 2008. Cask, handpump dispense. Clear pale copper red in colour with a thick creamy buff head. Slight note of digestive biscuit in the short aroma. Thin creamy mouthfeel and good lacing. Pale malt gives a thin digestive biscuit base with a hint of sweet toffee. Short hop resins impart a quick bitter bite to the metallic tasting aftertaste. Slightly edging towards the malt in the tart redcurrant fruit finish. A below average ESB and expected more from a 5% ABV.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask @ National Winter Ales Festival 2009. A pale amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of malt and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, and toffee, leading to a lightly bitter finish. Fine.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask Handpump at the Saracens Head, Stockton Heath 30/05/2009
Some hop aroma. Golden coloured and fruity with a little bitterness in a crisp malt finish.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Small head with short duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are malt, caramel, hops and notes of fruit.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
(Cask at Rain Bar, Manchester, 23 July 2009) Brownish amber colour with creamy, beige head. Malty, nutty nose with notes of toffee, caramel, hay, wort and dusty hops. Malty, nutty taste with toffee, caramel and a mild, bittersweet finish. Medium body, slightly sweetish. Not really exciting, but definitely drinkable.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask @ The Rain Bar, Manchster M1. Pours a pale amber color with a small white head. Has a malty caramel aroma with some fruity hints. Fruity malty caramel flavor with some hoppy hints. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter finish.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at the White Horse, 23rd April 09. Copper amber. Quite sweet, honeyed taste & moderate weight. Tart citrus at the finish.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Dark gold. Very fruity and moreish. Peaches, flowers, plums. Some dusty hops in the finish.
2.4 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask, Hinckley Spoons. Orange amber with a creamy white slick. Aroma of nothing. Watery honey and sultana notes, caramel sweetness. Still and dismal.
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