3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Canterbury Beer Festival, with SilkTork. Copper colour. Still slightly cloudy, but a very palatable drop. Fruity aroma and a dry palate with a nice balance of malt and hop. This brewery has been going for nearly 20 years and seems to have no ambition to expand beyond supplying their own single pub and a few other local outlets. Cask (gravity dispense)..
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
First tasted this in Greyfriers, Perth in September 1993. Cask, handpump dispense. Clear orange amber in colour with a thin white head. Thin mouthfeel and good lacing. Pale malts give a digestive biscuit base with a sweet raisin fruit note. Dusty citric hop flavour to the short aftertaste. Finish edges towards sweet malt with tart redcurrant fruit evident. An ok session bitter.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask Handpump at the GBBF Earl’s Court, London 08/08/2008
Floral aroma. Amber golden coloured and a little rich on the palate with a crisp full malt finish.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask @ Market Porter, Borough SE1. Pours a slighlty hazy amber color with a small off-white head. Hasa fruity malty hoppy aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor with some hoppy hints. Has a fruity malty slighlty bitter caramel finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask (handpump) @ Market Porter, Borough, London SE1, England.
Clear medium amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, roasted, nutty, licorice - caramel licoruce notes. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. (040808)
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at GBBF08. Almost clear copper colour. Nicely malty and nutty flavour, seems also to have enough alcohol to give it at least some mouthfeel. Hint of spicy hops.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask@GBBF2008. Amber colour, not much head. Aroma is wood and some mild freshly cut grass with some mild caramelly notes. Flavour is caramel, hops and wood. Aftertaste is caramel, wood and mild grass. Wellbalanced.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask. Low off-white fluffy quickly disappearing head. Clear dark brown body. Caramel berries aroma. Sweet berries caramel candylike flaowr. Low carbonation, song sweet aftertaste.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
(Cask at Market Porter, Borough, London, 4 Aug 2008) Dark amber colour with a creamy, beige head. Malty, nutty nose with notes of dried fruit and dusty hops. Malty, fruity taste with nuts, chocolate and dusty, earthy hops in a medium bitter finish. Slightly sweet. Well made and decent bitter.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cloudy amber with tiny off white head. Sweet fruity aroma with carolus and mild hoppy notes. Sweet flavor with caramel and floral hops. Ends bitter.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: FEB 13, 2007 Cask at the rock, chiddingstone. Clear copper with a creamy white cap. Aroma is flowery, lots of EKG went into this one obviously. There are also some light toffee notes. Flavour follows the same line as the aroma, simple crystal/EKG combination giving some fruity, toffee, yeast flavours. It is a magnificently balanced bitter, but not overly complex. The brewery around the corner in a converted barn house is worth a look.
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