3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Golden slightly cloudy.Pleasant flowery taste with a hint of citrus.But overall a bit thin and life less for my taste.
3.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
11th September 2009
Cask at Chapel Beer Festival. Slightly hazy gold beer. Smells a little sulphurous. Light crisp palate. Some sulphur but it’s overwhelmed by sherbetty lemon and pineapple fruits. Finishes crisp and dry. Good - could have been great without the bad eggs!
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask@Southampton Arms, London. Amber colour with a small off-white head. Aroma is sweet caramel malts with some slight crystal notes as well as some floral and mildly nutty notes. Flavour is slightly nutty with quite big caramel and crystal maltyness. Also has some nice bitter floral and grassy notes to it.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask @ The Curlers Rest. Metallic malty aroma. Reddish amber brown colour, good head. Dry resin malt flavour, bitter aftertaste. Reasonable bitter.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask in Argyll Arms. Colour is clear light gold with thin white head. Nose is citrous and apple fruit hops, and some crystal malt notes. Taste is fruity ale and caramel malt. Minimal bitterness.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
cask at haymarket ... copper ... sweet toffee malts nose...light malt roast little apple ... barest tartness
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle 500ml. @ ChrisOs.
Clear medium amber orange colour with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, apple. Flavour is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration, caramel, malty. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20101204]
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle from Wadebridge Wines. Pours clear deep golden with a small creamy off-white head. Fruity and roasted malty aroma. Taste is nice malty with some traces of caramel. Light citrussy towards the end. Good.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
500 ml bottle, kindly shared by gunnar. ABV is 5.1%. Amber to copper colour, moderate white head. Moderate aroma of fruity and dusty hops, a hint of caramel. Refreshing and pleasant flavour, hints of toffee, nuts and berries, nicely balanced between the malts and hops. Nothing exceptional, but drinks well.
3.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle from a Costcutter in Penzance. Pours dark copper with a transient off-white head. Aromas of roasted malt and sweetish fruit. Med body. Flavor is floral and sweet light fruit over mildly roasted caramel. Balanced, so not all that bitter, but more bitter than not.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Gravity cask, Old Ale House, Truro. Fairly coppery colour. No head. Spicy, caramelly character. Fruity-spicy. Soft body with some caramelized sugars late.
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