3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
First tasted this at the Mossend Beer Festival, Lochwinnoch in July 1993. Cask, handpump dispense. Clear garnet red in colour with a thin white head. Strong vinous note in the short nose. Thin mouthfeel and good lacing. Pale malt gives a digestive biscuit note with dry currant fruit evident. Short hop prickle noted in the short aftertaste. Finish is slightly malty with dry oak cask flavours present. An ok session bitter.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask Real Ale at Angleterre. Pale head. Mild nose. Mild malty taste. Not sour either sweet. Well standing head. Nice colour. Some hops at end. Nice bitter.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask at the Princess Royal, Brentford. Red-brown, with a medium-fine beige head, a malty nose with a touch of dry hops. Crisp, malty and slightly fruity on the tongue, dry finish.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Full pint from cask@Southampton Arms, London. Thin blond head. Body is clear red, with a brownish hue. Sappy red fruits and peppery, caramelly malts on the nose. Taste is fruity, like light acidulous apples. Moderate malty, lightly toasted and dry. Light-bodied and easy on the palate. Noticable bitter endnotes.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
[2700-20100116] Cask. Aromatic floral yeasty toffee malt aroma. Clear, bright orange red body with not much of a head. Thick, cloying floral malt flavour with a long sweet aftertaste. Medium body is flat. Nice overall though, fairly drinkable.
(@ Turf Tavern, Oxford)
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask Handpump at the GBBF Earl’s Court, London 09/08/2008
Malt aroma. Amber coloured and floral. Smooth on the palate with some dryness and malt in the finish.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Amber with a lasting off-white head. Aroma of toffee malt with a hint of fruit. Sweet malty and fruity flavour with a grassy hop finish
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask (Olutkellari, Helsinki)
Pleasant enough ale aroma. Deep orange, small head. Sludgy ale taste - full bodied but without details. Some rich malts, but mushroomy and a bit caramelly. Doesn’t grab me. Anna scribbled "Tastes like shit." on my notes, hoping I’d accidentally include it in the review while typing it in. We aim to please.
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