3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20 On tap at the Grape and Grain, Crystal Palace. Bright amber pour with a white head. Malty-fruit nose. Pear, kiwi fruit and yellow melon flavour. Fruity finish. Nice.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask handpull, The Ivy Leaf, Dartford, Kent, 20/04/13. Half of Pops MacDrunkeasy’s pint necked in seconds. Brilliant straw piled unevenly with foam. Nose passion fruit and lemon zest. Passion fruit, curry leaf, limey hop zip with a sweet biscuit and peanut malt base. Massive relief after the crap up the road.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at CDC Clerkenwell. Light gold body with small head. Hoppy nose. taste is hops, citrus and fruits. Nice creamy and easy going texture. Cheeky in the bitter finish!
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Cask at the Euston Tap, London. Pours clear yellow with a tight, white cream head. Dry hay nose, light grass and crackery pale malts. Light sweet flavor with lots of crackers ad biscuits, dry hay. Straw, light grass. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Great condition. Crisp, clean finish, plenty more dry, crackery malts, bitter hay, light dirt, some fresh grass, biscuits. Just a really, really well rounded golden ale. Actually picks up speed as you work your way through it.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask-conditioned at the Kent Beeriodical, the Seven Stars Bristol February 2012. Pale gold with a decent white head. Aroma of lemon fruit, slightly creamy malts and grassy hops. Flavour had more citrus fruit, a hint if sulphur and moderately bitter finish. Enjoyable.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask, gravity at Merton Winter Beer Festival, 17th & 18th February 2012 Gold in colour with white head, good clarity. Hoppy & bitter but not overly bitter, a little softness and with a nice seam of lemonyness throughout. This beer surprised a lot of folk and was a real hit, great session beer, possibly just a little sweet for me, but very likeable. A7 A4 T7 P4 Ov15 3.7
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask conditioned at Merton Beer Fest ’12. Gold with white head. There is a touch of sulpher on the nose, slightly farmy, but this leads to a crisp hoppy, lemony loveliness. Dry, zingy hops dominate, lasting on the palate on a light maltiness. A little belter.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask - The Southampton Arms, London. 4%. Poured with a fine, lasting & lacing white head atop a bright, clear yellow body. Lemon, hints of sulphur, subtle toasted malts and a bready yeast note on the aroma. Biscuity, bready & yeasty with toasty malts, dry lemon citrus and lime comprising the flavour profile. Light to medium body, lightly spritzy carbonation. A toasty, citric pale with good length to the finish. Crisp, refreshing with a decent pale malt backbone.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (handpump) @ CASK Pub & Kitchen, 6 Charlwood Street, London, Greater London England SW1V 2EE.
Clear medium yellow colour with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, malt, pale malt, moderate hoppy, grass, citrus, UK hops, light yeasty, eggs, rotten eggs. Flavour is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110617]
2.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask@Cask Pub And Kitchen, London. Yellowish golden colour with a small white head. roma is eggy, mildly grassy and some mild bready notes as well. Flavoour is fruits, mild malts, spices and some slight earthyness as well.
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