2.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
A hazy orange beer with a beutiful head. The aroma is of sulphur, hops, and grass, while the flavor is of sulphur, yeast, and spices. Not really into the sulphur thing - I wonder where it comes from?
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask Stillage at the Town Hall, Stockport 30/05/2003
Clear golden coloured and slightly citrus flavour. Some bitterness in a dry lasting finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle Conditioned Ale. Golden colour with thin whispy head. There is a pale light malt impact quickly leading on to a floral hop juiciness. Light grapefruit and orange flavours, thirst quenching beer. A very decent package for a 4% beer.
2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask (handpump) at the Bulls Head, Leek. Gold, thin and dull. Some inappropriate diacetyl on the nose. Flabby mouthfeel. The Cascade hops make little impact. I would suspect the conditioning but in the brewery tap there’s no excuse for serving beer in dodgy nick. Drinkable, but not impressed. Now 3.8%.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottled. Light gold in colour. This is a proper bitter in that the malt body isn't what matters - its the dry bitter finish.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle from Duncan Murray Wines. Immediate juicy Cascade aroma like a Rowntree’s Lemon and Lime jelly. Fine silky suds over brassy gold. Discreet sulphur and nutty vanilla in the aftertaste, but mostly about that lovely fresh chew of limey US hop. Perfumey, soapy and good. Another uncomplicated, slightly delicious GA I could happily sit in the sun and glug all day, if it ever shone in England.
2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
Bottled. Golden coloured. Very strange and unpleasant. Notes of sulphur and burnt rubber.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle Conditioned. Nice one! After some very dodgy Leek bottled beers it’s nice to have one that works. I think imdownthepub’s comments are spot on: "There is a pale light malt impact quickly leading on to a floral hop juiciness. Light grapefruit and orange flavours, thirst quenching beer. A very decent package for a 4% beer."
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottled. Very pale beer with a bubbly head, the aroma is light and dry, and the flavour is very, very dry and really English in the hop quota. Overall a reasonable beer.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Light golden colour with a small head. Lots of sediment. Intense floral hop aroma and no perceptible trace of malt. Citrusy hoppy taste with only a slight degree of bitterness. As near to a cask ale experience as you’ll get from a bottle.
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