3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask Conditioned at Banbury Beer Festival '04. Dark brown with beige thin head. Darkly roasted malts with a sulphery nose and slightly salty flavour. Smokey nutty flavours throughout. A fair mild all in all.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Alfresco handpull, served with ice, part frozen at The Horseshoes Winter Ale Festival, Nuneaton. Attractive dark mahogany beer with a fine, persistent ivory collar. Even half frozen this scores a 5 for perfect condition. Coffee cake scented; fine mellow roasted taste with mocha and iron hints. Like Guinness, with the taste turned up. Very good- I’m amazed something this good is a CAMRA champion.
1.8 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
No aroma to speak of, is a weak bodied mild ale with some stout character to it. Maybe a bad keg.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at Woking Festival 2011. Pours a dark brown colour with a thin tan head. The aroma is malty with hints of coffee, and fruit. The taste has plenty of roasted coffee and fruit with a dry bitter in the finish.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask. Champion Beer of Britain 2011. Dark color with a modest off-white head. The nose is sweet, of roasted malts, bitter chocolate, cherries and other winter fruits. The taste is moderately sweet. The mouthfeel medium and easy. The flavor’s quite nice on this, a very complex beer for such modest alcohol content. While CAMRA’s agenda to highlight the merits of milds may have played a part in this beer being named champion of festival, that doesn’t mean it’s not without merit on its own. A pretty pleasant pint.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
A - dried fruit, mild coffee
A - molasses brown with thin head
T - light sweet with controller roasted bitter
P - full to mid and soft
O - a nice, light flavoured dark
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: OCT 10, 2011 Cask @ 12th Ayrshire Real Ale Festival, Troon 2011. Dark brown colour, bubbly tan head. Nose is roasted malts, chocolate, fruits. Flavour is roasted malts, chocolate, fruits. Flavour is roasted malts, chocolate, bit of liquorice, slightly fruity. Ok beer, but not really blown away by the Camra’s champion beer of Britain.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask @ GBBF, 2011. Pours clear brown with a off white head. Caramel, toffee and vanilla. Smooth.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at GBBF 2011 - Tuesday. Clear brown - offwhite head. Fruity, roasted, nutty, chocolate, raisins, dried fruits, light burned, dark bread. A bit plain.
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