2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask at the Tilly Shilling (JDW), Farnborough. Copper with a thin cream head; sulphorous aroma; boring sweet biscuity malt flavour; then a biscuity finish with some shortlasting hops. A boringly ordinary beer.
1.8 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Next to no aroma, and as bland and tasteless as you like. Poor effort from Marstons.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask handpull at County Hotel JDW Ashford. Deep gold amber colour. Lasting cream head. Wow what a dull bitter some tingle on tongue on end. Not much aroma not much flavour, vague Burton snatch i guess. Just watery and not great.
2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Gravity at Bree Louise. Dark golden brown colour, no head whatsoever. Smells very sugarry and a bit wheaty. Tastes a bit like very sugarry tea, or maybe even a Faro. Quiet slick in the mouth. Pint got a bit sickly, half might have been better. Couldn’t get any kind of fruits which is a bit strange.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Gravity cask at the Bree Louise. Pours clear auburn with a fading film. Has a very weak aroma with faint, sugary fruits. Flavor was a little odd at first but has grown on me. Lots of whole grain toast, nuts and light fruits provide a nice sweetness, while leaves and subtle earth give light bitterness. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Pretty dry on the finish with some bready sugars and dried fruits. Decent.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at the Bridge, Kingswinford. Pours dark amber with a medium head. Aroma is slightly spicy apple. Taste is some fruitcake to start. Warming slightly spicy malt finish. Damn good beer for Marstons.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
12th October 2007
Warning! Early amateur rating! Thin ale. Inoffensive but lacks any complexity. Very standard dull bitter. Bitter finish.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask gravity @ Bree Louise NW1. Pours a clear copper color with a very small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor. Has a sweetish malty caramel finish with some hoppy hints in the aftertaste.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Fairly standard ESB but nice enough. Copper gold with thick slightly off white head. Usual toffee / caramel notes with a nice amount of bitterness. Thick mouthfeel. Not bad.
3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at Wellington Arms, Bedford. Amber with a white head. A bit lively. Feels like a bottled beer. Thin hairy malt aroma. Pleasant earthy malt taste with sweet fruity background. Slight bitterness. Not bad.
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