3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask@Market Porter, London. Amber colour, small beige head. Aroma is caramel malts, some hops, mild birch sap as well as some bittering wood. Flavour is bitter wood, some sweet malts, mildly bready notes as well as some slight floral hops.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle off Helen and Keith. Bronze-gold with a fine, well-retained white foam. Very English, Bateman’s-esque aroma with a soft, aniseed-like rub of hop and hints of toffee, butter and spiced apple. Full and soft with a dominant almond and aniseed spiciness; hints of chalk and cream, a stir of Twiglet. Well-brewed, inoffensively bland bitter with a strong lager-like almond presence.
2.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
Fra cask på Crosse Keys (JDW), Bank 20 Mai 11. Lysebrun. Nesten ikke skum. Aprikosaroma. Fruktig smak med innslag av fjøs. Ettersmaken er søt, tørr frukt.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
500 ml bottle. Grays, England.
Clear deep golden colour with tiny off-white head.
Tree roots, plant litter, mild English hops and some sweetness in aroma.
Wood, peanut peels, some mild bitterness, malt and some sweetness in flavour. Waterish. Sweetness fades bitterness in aftertaste. Interesting not necessarily very tasty though.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at The Shakespears Head, London. Pale golden beer with small offwhite head. Fruity aroma, some figs and some hops. Hoppy grassy flavor with malty bready notes.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask - The Bell Hotel (JDW), Norwich. Medium, mostly lasting off-white hea. Slight haze but an otherwise bright orange body. A hint of passion fruit on the nose with peach and tangerine notes. Peach & orange sweetness in the mouth with a bit of a toasty malt bitterness backed by undertones of bread & biscuit. A crisp, dryish hop palate precedes the biscuity malt sweetness. Moderate bitterness and duration.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: JUN 5, 2011 Cask, handpump at The Swan & Castle, Oxford, with Loz, Jude & Baz 30.04.11 Amber in colour with a white head. Touch smoky in the mouth. This is a bit rough around the edges, fruity drying towards the end. But lack a little in a few areas. A6 A4 T6 P3 Ov12 3.2 Had this again Cask, handpump at The Salisbury Arms, Cambridge 03.06.11 Pours amber very, very good clarity. Some light smokiness detected on nose & in mouth. Fruity and a little dry with a light tang. A6 A4 T6 P3 Ov12 3.1
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Good beer - nicely balanced, some sweetness but a good bitter finish, a little fruitiness with some hints of bread and a good, full, body.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Cask at the Crosse Keys, JDW. Golden pour withb a foamy, white head. Sharp, baked malts on the nose. Lightly sweet flavor, oddly smokey, lightly, with hints of ham and band-aids. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Modestly sweet finish, some bread and crisp malts, faint bitterness. I can dig it.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
8th January 2008
A very light ale, slighty fruity with quite a bitterish hop finish. Just a whisper of smoke. Inoffensive and easy to drink.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask Conditioned handpump Wig & Pen Northampton. A darker gold coloured beer with a white head and lacing. A fruity beer with sweet light berry notes. A bit of leafy hop. Drinkable enough but probably too sweet.
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