2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask, GBBF 08. Gold, thin white head, low but fine condition. Some gentle citrus fruitiness in the nose, low chalky hop bitterness in the mouth with a gentle balance of sweet fruit, lingering flowery hop and melon in the finish.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask at GBBF 2011. Pours a straw colour with a very short head. Not much aroma, the taste is thin and watery but some fruit present with a sweet finish.
5 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
This is easily among the best beers I have ever had the pleasure to sup. It is elegant, hoppy and sublime. Once tried, you’ll be hooked. I can’t get enough. Yet another superb creation from MHB
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask (GBBF 2010) - Golden in colour. Grapefruit features in the aroma. The taste is hoppy with hints of grapefruit and aniseed. Moderate bitterness.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Golden with a small white head. Fruity and floral aroma with caramel notes. Thin watery malty flavour with grassy hop notes
2.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask @ GBBF 09, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.
Clear medium yellow orange color with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, apple, light to moderate hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090806]
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
6th August 2008. On tap at GBBF. Clear golden beer. Soft hops - fruity - does have a pear tone in the soft dry finish. Pleasant and a little different.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask conditioned handpull at Saracen’s Head, Worcester. Decent golden ale, some fruit salad. Some decent pale mlat. Pretty decent, I liked it. Even some pear flesh. Bit of pale biscuit on the malts.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
A Mes rate. Cask at GBBF.
Darkish gold with a very thin white head. Sweet fruity malt, plenty of sourness, clear vegetable notes, earthy and just generally too sweet. Boo.
2 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Cask@GBBF 2009.
Golden color, not much head. Barnyardish, woody aroma .. ugh. Sweet pear fruity flavor with late woody bitterness. Odd.
1.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
Cask@GBBF2009. Golden colour, small white head. ARoma is barnyard, earth, some harsh notes as well as mild suplhur. Flavour is quite much the same. Very earthy finish. Also cooked vegetables.
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