3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
<i>Cask Conditioned at The Pembury Tavern, London</i>
Dark mahogany color. Aroma of caramel, mature, and some alcohol. Good body strength, with caramel flavor and light medicines, herbs; caramel finish. The final is quite empty. Rare example in England, but probably the yeast is not the best suitable one for this strong beer.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at Peterborough beer fest with the party boyz. Alround rating: First half after the break, this was the way to do it, get in there and get battered. Rich malt character, fruit cake, big serious old ale, like a distilled fullers ESB.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at GBBF08. Sourish and farty aroma. Very dark brown colour. The flavour is interesting, a bit sour, but also sweet and roasted with hop bite. The sourness dominates, but it is still OK balanced.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Half pint, shared with Geir. Hand-pulled at The Mid East England Bar, GBBF. Dark body with russet highlights. Aroma of dark fruits. Flavoured with substantial dark, slightly roasted, malts leading into hints of berries. Nice bittersweet finish. Medium bodied (09.08.2008).
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask at GBBF 08. Very, very dark brown. Lots of vinous, dark fruit notes on the nose, along with a hefty dose of alcohol. Very smooth on the tongue, with christmas spices perking up the caramel malt base. A very enjoyable winter warmer.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Dark brown with no head. Sweet aroma with roasted malt, caramel and dark fruits. Sweet flavor with roasted malt, dark fruits, caramel and chocolate. Ends sweet with warming alcohol.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Thanks to a very good friend across the pond for this handbottle!! Poured clear, brilliant coppery brown with not much sticking around for head. The aroma was very intriguing with hefty doses of cinnamon and nutmeg almost giving it a pumpkin pie appeal.. warm, spiked caramel and toffee provided a bit of backing.. I really dug this! The flavor began with warm caramel layered with the aforementioned pumpkin-ey spices washing slowly over the tongue.. pumpkin and nutmeg on the long, spicy finish.. very tasty! Medium-bodied and quite spicy on the palate with a warm, enjoy-it-in-front-of-the-fireplace feel to it.. really no carbonation left to it, but that wasn’t much a bad thing. Very glad to have tried this!
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask conditioned - gravity dispense - Merton Winter BF. A black beer with a tiny ring of off-white bubbles. The aroma is full of chocolate notes and is very sweet to the smell. The taste is sweet and spicy. More chocolate notes and hints of cinnamon and floor polish. Interestingly complex and pretty nice to drink, but not nearly full bodied enough.
|
