3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle from b&m Blaydon. Hazy golden coloured with toffee, caramel, honey and fruity flavours with a bitter, slight nutty finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
99p bottles from B&M. Lightly fogged gold with a dense skim of foam. Resinous, sappy, fresh mown aroma. Piney, grassy, junipery hop taste with minimal malt distraction- biscuit crumbs. Good lengthy bitterness. Marstons flirtation with brewing decent beer continues to impress. Whatever next?
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 10/20
500ml bottle served in a chalice. Murky gold, off white head Grass and cow field aroma. Floral flavour with a bit of a strange perfumed note. There is honey and caramel there as per blurb, but the merest hint, which doesn’t raise it above a fairly nice light bitter. Enjoyed the Marynka and Sovereign from this range more.
2.9 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
500ml bottle. Pours cloudy amber with a small head. Very little aroma to speak of. A little spice, a decent amount of hops for what isn’t a million miles away from a layered beer. There’s a touch of honey, a slight soapiness and a moderately bitter finish. Certainly nothing exceptional but a perfectly decent and refreshing light ale that would be perfect for a warm afternoon.
2.1 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 2/20
4.0% amber colour with a thin head, unpleasant aroma, bitter dry citrus hop taste.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Golden beer with a touch of fizz and a light, frothy head. Very mild hoppy aroma. Taste is hoppy of course, though not overpowering and there are some hints of fruit as well. Not overwhelmingly nice but quite pleasant though somehow it seems less than the sum of it’s parts.
1.7 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 6/20
Amber with a thick frothy white head. Smells of light citrus, malt and some grassy hops. Medium oily body. Tastes plain, thin and dull. Sweet Malt with a sour citrus. Both the nose and the taste suffer from the poor pasteurisation. A poor bitter that was not made with love.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle from Morrisons. Pours a dark yellow color with a medium sized head, dull citrus aroma, the taste is bitter and sour with citrus again, with a sweet finish.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle at home ... amber ... thin white head ... soft grassy metallic hop nose ... soft floral honey fruit ... light bitter metallic hop
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Bottle from Morrisons, Banbury, Sun 12th August 2012 consumed 13th August 2012 around Carol & Haydns Pours golden, clean with a white head, looks pretty good. Taste is sweet, a touch of boiled sweets, clearly a pasteurised nose. Caramel, sweet malts, hops struggle to shine, lacking all over the shop. Ok A5 A4 T5 P3 Ov10 2.7
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