3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20Bottle from Stirchley Wines & Spirits, Pershore Road, Birmingham. Pours a cloudy tawny (yes, really) brown with some sediment. Nice foamy head and a little visible carbonation. Smells reminiscent of a Belgian wheat beer with bananas, apple and yeast. It tastes nothing like it smells - it starts as a bitter fizz and just keeps growing into a long, bitter finish, giving malts, hops and dark chocolate which all compliment the sweet, fruity aroma so well. It’s been a while since I had a beer that’s as well balanced as this. It lacks a little in mouthfeel but overall it’s a very good beer.
3.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
I really like that Marble make more traditional style of bitters and this is great - a nice balance of the malt and hops.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle from Coppers, Newcastle. A hazy brown beer with red fruit and nutty flavours, chocolate and earthy notes with a sweet fruity and roasted finish. Bottle Conditioned.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
500ml bottle (conditioned) from Bacchanalia, Mill Road, Cambridge. Drunk today. Hazy, dark amber. Pours a good, off-white head, which persists well as a good covering - fairly small bubbles. Light carb. Aroma - Nice, citrussy, spicy hops and fruity, caramel malt. Taste - Strongly caramel malt (maybe some darker, roastier malts too?) and some fruit, then turning fairly bitter, with some herbiness. Fairly bitter finish, with quite a lot of fresh, citrussy hops. Slight bitter aftertaste. Nice, rounded body, good mouthfeel, with slight oilyness. Refreshing too. Nice - Tasty hops. A bit more bitter and citrussy than i was expecting for a strong, dark bitter; i was expecting this to be a malty one, but it was a pleasant, hoppy surprise.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
500ml bottle at Marble Arch Inn. 5.Jul.2012. Thanks for sharing Rune!
Brown body. Off white head, that leaves a beautiful lacing, like the most elaborate Norwegian Hardanger Embroidery. Brown fruit, date, prune and toffee, with hint of almond.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
ambrata buona schiuma piuttosto persitente agrumata discreto malto buon amaro buona secchezza leggero fruttato buon corpo
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle from Jacks, Westholme Stores, Goring-on-Thames, Oxon consumed at home Thursday 16th August 2012 Pours brown, nicely bitter, tasty stuff. Soft in mouth, touch of dark sugar, really tangy, good fruity beer. Like this, nice full flavoured beer. A6 A4 T7 P4 Ov14 3.4
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
500ml bottle shared with Stefan and Elisabeth. Nice golden-brown coloured body. Firm, bubbly, off-white head. Malt-fruity aroma. Taste of caramel malts and red fruits. Lingering bitter tail. Well made, the best one this evening at the brewpub in Manchester, 05.07.2012.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
500 ml bottle.
Pours a cloudy orange amber colour with a large frothy white head. Aroma of lemon, fruits and some orange. Flavour of strong sweet fruits, grapefruit, bitter hops and light toffee. Medium bodied, good carbonation and a grapefruity, bitter and light fruity finish. Well balanced with good bitterness.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle 500ml.
Clear medium amber orange colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, orange - citrus, grass, citrus. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, dry, dusty, hoppy. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120331]
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle at 57 Thomas Street. Dark brownish coloured ale with a hint of redness. Initially seems to be heavy, malty beer with fruit, caramel and a dose of alcohol, but then the hops kick in and you get a nice bitter smack on the finish. Great beer for a miserable night in Manchester!
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