2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask (gravity) @ The 17th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2011, Reading, Berkshire England.
Clear medium yellow orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, light to moderate hoppy, vomit notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration, fruity, malty. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20110428]
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask. The High Cross (JDW), Leicester. Thin white head, gold body. Crystal malt, fruit, hop, caramel,smokiness, peppery. Clearly their premium offering. Bitter. Dry finish.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask, Swan & Rushes, Leicester. Golden with a white foam. Aromas are biscuit and oranges with soft bready yeast and caramel. Flavours are sweet grain and caramel with oranges and peppery yeast. Dry on the finish with some citrus tartness. OK.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask conditioned handpump Eastgate Northampton. A golden beer with an off-white head and lacing. A really ordinary beer with a hint of hop in the nose but not much else at all. Too dull.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask conditioned at FFTMC, Oxford 28-05-08 Pours mid amber with a small thin white head. The nose I found to be quite unusual in that I got some cheesiness not unlike brie, most strange but not so unpleasant. Quite a fruity bitter with some biscuity malts showing, its ok but compared to the Leeds Pale which I’ve just had it comes in a distant second.
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