3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20Cask@thebell, Walsall. Amber beer, large creamy head. Looks good. Aroma of mild grapefruit. Taste is medium strength hoppiness and a few floral notes. Smooth on the palate, a nice beer,
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask by handpump at Drum & Monkey, Glasgow - clear amber, thin bubbly white head, mild grapefruit aroma, moderate lacing, grapefruit and toffee flavour, creamy texture, sharp citrus aftertaste
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask conditioned at The Chequers, Oxford. Hazy gold with white head. Quite a perfumed flavour, fruity, there is a grapefruit hint but along with a slightly sicky note. It was ok but not the hop monster I was hoping for.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Hand pulled at Old Thameside Inn, Borough. Headless auburn ale. Watered down toffee. Fine with a meal but unremarkable.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Hand pulled at the Old Contemptibles, Birmingham. Cloudy amber, thick heading. Smells like toffee - uh oh. Tastes like a standard, mediocre, toffee malt bitter. Particularly sweet on the finish. Some rainwater in subsequent swigs, which is a small mercy. Massive disappointment. Why is this included in an IPA festival?
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at Elephant and Castle, London. Pours clear, rich gold with a creamy, white head. Pleasant aroma of biscuity malts, crackers, and a bit of grass. Nice flavor, decent balance, medium sweet, subtle dough and toast, grass, flowers. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Mild sticky hop finish, some crispy malts, and a surprisingly long, dandelion and grass bitterness. Decent beer.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask @ Curlers Rest. Perhaps this is a new beer as it was 4.8% and a bitter rather than golden ale. Vegetable malt aroma. Amber brown colour, reasonable head. Caramel fagash & malt flavour. Bitter fruity aftertaste. A reasonable bitter.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Either a bottle at home or cask at peterborough or cask at the market porter. Alround rating: Pale honey sweet malts, bitter hops, floural sweetness, honey is key.
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