3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20Gravity dispense at Ascot Racecourse Beer Festival 2012 - 06/10/12.
Listed in the program as 5.2% ABV.
Clear chestnut brown with a small off white head that soon thins to zero.
Malty nose with toffee and nuts.
Taste follows nose with a little biscuit.
Medium bodied with moderate carbonation and a dry finish.
Assumes the classic 6-3-6-3-12 ’Whelmed’ formation !
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (gravity) @ The 18th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2012, Reading, Berkshire England.
Clear medium amber colour with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, nutty, chocolate - cacao notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and light moderate bitter with a average to long duration, thin, keller, nutty. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120505]
2.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Reddish brown, clear ale with a sweet aroma. It has an acute strong taste that lingers. Although there’s some in the nose there’s no real fruits in its flavour. No head.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask@Reading Beer Festival 2012. Amber colour, small slightly off-white head. Aroma is fruits, caramel, wood, mild herbs as well as some slight spicyness. Flavour is herbal, sweet malts, mild crystal notes, some fruits, floral hops and wooden notes. Fruity and juicy aftertaste.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask gravity @ Battersea BF 2012. Pours a slightly hazy golden color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor with hoppy hints. Has a fruity malty caramel finish.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask at Ascot Festival 2011. Pours a good auburn colour with a thin head. The aroma has plenty of sweet malt, the taste is malty and has some toffee and a dry bitter finish.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Auburn color. Very definative malty nose. Tons of wood, very malty palate. Not so complex. Hints of chocolate. Also cloying, but fairly dry.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask takeout from Middle Farm, Sussex, 6th Nov 09. Hazy mid brown with a fruity, sour flavour. Somewhat cidery even. Average weight and finish.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask gravity at SIBA BF, Paddock Wood. Very clear orange red. Raw alcohol on aroma. OK in mouth, doesn’t do much, some malty fruit. Some fullness. Gets better as it went down, some decent fruit flavour.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
A Mes rate: cask at the Hop Farm festival.
Awesome bright amber / copper with no head. A little raw a typical of English brewers making something a little stronger than the usual 4.5% bitter. Slight nail polish and caramel are not the best flavours I have experienced. The sweet fruity malt is nice enough as is the spicy and herbal finish.
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