4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask@GBBF2007. Dark ambery brown colour, small head. Aroma is chocolate, caramel, raisins, wood and some slight hints of alcohol. Flavour is toffee, caramel, wood and some slight hints of syrup.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Copper with a small white head. fruity aroma with port notes, and a hint of roast malt. Roast and dry flavour.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask, Pembury Tavern. Rustic brown, almost completely still. Just a few bubbles cling to the edge. Chocolate, leather, prune and fig aroma, with a bit of underlying funk. First sip is blisteringly sour. With further exploration, musky leather note emerge, earthy, a bit of roast in the finish. Such an interesting beer! Not very approachable, but good in it’s own way. The example I tried was rather long in the tooth. I’d be curious to try a younger example at some point.
Finished the last bit of the glass with some robust cheese from the excellent Pembury ploughman, and the pairing was very successful.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Gravity Cask @ Soton Beer Festival 07. Dark ruby. Hints of chocolate with liquoricey roast. Fairly dry with earthy hops and tart vinous feel in finish. Good balance between sweet malty flavours and funky tartness.
5 AROMA 10/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 20/20
UPDATED: FEB 20, 2008 Cask at the Pembury Beer Festival, March 2007. I think the cask had been aged in the cellar for several months. Almost black in the glass with a very small tan head. An amazing beer that brings together qualities found in Flemish sour ales and English old ales. Very spicy. Rich, powerful and intoxicating. I adore this. A rare of example of an "extreme" cask beer from a UK brewer that really works.
3.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Cambridge Fest Gorgeous strong dark ale (called a "strong mild" in the programme). Roasty chocolate - touch of hops. Twiggy, earthy, damp and woody. A good one.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask, The Criterion, Leicester. Black with a beige head. Aromas are dark chocolate and vinous fruit. Liquorice with some oatiness. Rich and spicy. Flavours are vinous Winter fruit with rich malts. Not far off a red wine. Has some bitter dark chocolate and liquourice and herbal notes. Warming alcohol on the finish. Good stuff.
4.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 19/20
Probably my favourite beer! A delicious, complex flavour with spices that aren’t overpowering. Best consumed in quantity with a good strong Stilton to nibble - unless you want to do anything the next day... I’ve found it regularly at the Cambridge Winter Beer Fest.
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