2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask Conditioned, at The Crosse Keys, in The City.
Golden body with a white sudsy head. Bitter with a white rose perfume to it. Slight bitter sweet but nice enough. Chris_o joins in the cheeking rating session on the eve of the GBBF 2004.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Hand pulled at the Anchor, Birmingham. A sort of rustic yellow colour, with a sticky head and subsequent lacing. Rather nice this, bitter, murky citrus, with a good hoppy finish, which is pronounced (as it should be). A sort of mulchy, mushy flavour to the hops, rather than freshness, but still good. Medium length finish.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Pale straw colour. Faint hoppy aroma. Rather malty for a summer ale nd short of zing. OK but, overall, slightly bland and lacking in character. Not that crisp for a quaffer. Cask (handpump), Lord Moon of the Mall, Whitehall, London SW1.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask Conditioned at The Falkland Arms, Gt.Tew. Yellow gold with thin white head. Light hoppy summer beer, but lacking too much character. Some ashy tea notes with a perfumed overlay. Bitter but thin finish.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask, Rose's, Woolwich. Colour is midway between gold and bitter. And the flavour is also somewhere between the two styles, but in a muddled way rather than anything more interesting. The aroma is pleasantly citric, but the taste is a muddy mix of delicate floral citric tones and the darker orange notes of a bitter. Finish is quite tangy. Not sure about this one.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Not Mauldon's best. On the lighter side of the "golden" range, with yellow edges. An aroma of brewed tea, with dull tea flavors. A titch of fruitiness emerges but this is unremarkable. (on gravity cask, 2003 Charlbury Beer Festival, Oxon)
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