2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20Cask conditioned Reading BF 2012. Its mid orange gold colour. Lasting bubbly near white head. Its a bitter with some bitterness on the finish. Some toffee. Fine if dullish
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask-conditioned at the Merseyside beeriodical, the Seven Stars, Bristol February 2013. Deep gold in colour with a slight, off-white head. Cereal malts, a touch of caramel, hedgerow fruit and moderate, bitter finish. Ok.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (handpump) @ Belvedere Arms, 8 Sugnall Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England L7 7EB.
Clear medium yellow orange colour with a small to average, frothy, good to fair lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, sour fruity malt notes, light to moderate hoppy. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, malty, pale tobacco notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120116]
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask@Reading Beer Festival 2012 (thanks to the almighty harrisoni for giving a few sips). Orangeish golden colour with a small white head. Aroma is sweet malts, some fruits and mild wood. Flavour is quite similar. Rather bitter fruity finish. A bit watery as for the palate.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Half pint of draught at Reading Beer Festival 2012. Light brown/dark amber, with a bubbly head. Smells lightly sweet and a bit treacley. Tastes bitter and dry, a bit ’Youngs’. Pretty average.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Pale golden, lasting white head. Hoppy aroma, fruity, some malt. Hoppy fruity flavor with apples and some pears.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask conditioned at The Post Office Vaults, Birmingham. Gold with white head. Initially quite thinnish on the palate, there is a malty fruitiness that develops slowly. Late hoppy bitterness then comes through for some balance. Reasonable enough.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
very tidy first offering from liverpools new brewery quite moreish fairly hoppy and malty a little thin but competant and a brew worth searching for in merseyside pubs
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