Maxim Phoenix Rising

Brewed by Maxim
Style: Bitter
Houghton le Spring, England

Serve in English pint

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Cask - The Bell Hotel (JDW), Norwich. Poured a clear brown with a fine though lasting beige head. An initial metallic note on the aroma, followed by some caramel but not a lot else. Fruity, caramel flavours on the tongue with a leafy sort of hop finish. Softish, medium carbonation with a short, earthy end.

Cask @ The Wharf, Aalborg. Clear amber with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, light caramel and light hoppy - citrus. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. 040412

#1356 Cask; Nose is caramel, toast, leaves, damp mediumbroad hops, weak sour earth, sweat, feel Is watery, taste Is caramel, sweet rye, cola, lettuce, little late bile, mellow sweet roasted malt, oat

cask at Charlie’s Bar, Copenhagen. A hazy amber beer with a yellowish head. The aroma has notes of flowery hops and malt. The flavor is sweet with notes of butterscotch, caramel, and malt, leading to a bitter finish.

Cask (handpump) @ The Alexander Graham Bell (JDW), 128 George Street, Edinburgh, Scotland EH2 4JZ.

Clear medium amber colour with a average to large, creamy to frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, grain - caramel, straw notes, light hoppy, orange - citrus notes. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, sweet malt, burnt caramel bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20101031]

JDW Fest Autumn 2010. Not sour, but an interesting lactic tang throughout. A pleasant beer but lacking in all departments. Not quite sure what the aim was but mostly fails. Drinkable.

Cask. Clear amber coloured with a medium sized off-white head. Fruity aroma of malts, caramel, hops and citrus. Fruity flavour of malts, caramel, hops and citrus. Hoppy finish.

From cask at The Society Room. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is fruity and toffee malty. Dry malty, toffee and mild fruity hoppy flavoured. Bitter and dry into the finish.

This one was nice and fresh. It was a tad watery and had no aroma at all. I liked it though.

Cask conditioned at a Wetherspoons. Clouded amber with no head. Thin and malty bitter, frankly not paricularly good.

Cask Conditioned Handpump Red Well Wellingborough. A copper coloured beer with a whitish head and lacing. A bog standard fruity English beer with a watery aroma and leafy hop notes dominated by malt in the mouth. Ordinary indeed.