3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask (handpump) @ Marble Arch, Manchester M4, UK. Clear medium yellow orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate hoppy, flowers, toffee, butter. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium to light, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft - flat. (180108)
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
[Cask at GBBF 2005] A hazy orange beer with an off-white head. The aroma is sweet hoppy with a light buttery notes to it too. The flavor is slighlty buttery combined with a good hop presence, leading to a dry bitter end. The body is thin. I’m wondering, if the butter is supposed to be there?
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
From cask at the brewpub. Pours clear and pale yellow with a small, creamy, lacing and white head. Aroma is crisp citrusy hoppy, light grassy touch. Citrusy and bitter flavoured, subdued sweetness. Ends crisp bitter and citrusy fruity.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask@GBBF2009. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is mild floral hoppy notes along with some caramel. Flavour is quite much the same with some slight sappy notes.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20
Sampled cask conditioned at Marble Arch, Manchester.
Golden colour. Flowery nose. Smooth and very soft mouthfeel. Salty and nicely bitter finish.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask @ National Winter Ales Festival 2009, Manchester. Pours a clear golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty floral hoppy aroma. Slightly sweetish malty hoppy flavor with some hints of caramel. Has a fruity malty hoppy finish with some bitterness in the aftertaste.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask, 4.2% at the brewpub. Fruity berry aroma. Clear yellow colour. Stable creamy chalk white head. The flavour starts off teaish, turning more fruity later. Medium bitterness, very clean. Good, but perhaps too clean.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (handpump) @ Marble Arch Inn, 73 Rochdale Rd, Manchester, Greater Manchester England M4 4HY... golden amber ... light fruity hop ... watery and light ... little mellon... lotsof hop.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask handpull, Marble Arch, Manchester, RBESG 09. Gold, lasting beige head. Lovely grapefruity aroma. Creamy and full in mouth, some malt. Hoppy finish. Excellent. Had a few pints of this including with dinner, just because it was so drinkable.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
When I was doing my master’s the public library in Halifax had a copy of the first ever Pocket Guide to Beer. It was in the reference section, so I couldn’t take it out. I tried to steal it, but that didn’t get very far. One of the most interesting things about that first edition is that Boddington’s was rated ****1/2 out of five. Today it gets * out of four. What happened? Big brewery magic. Well, Marble Arch has decided to recreate the old Boddington’s, the one that only Mancunians would know about...here it is. Pale, quite dry, lots of hops, but underlying as opposed to up front. Good, quenching pint.
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