4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Cask at The Harp, London. Pours red+brown with a small, white head. Nice aroma, some fruit, toast and herbs. Medium sweet flavor, toast, dark fruits, light caramel. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Faintly dry finish, lightly roasty but more toasty, some dark fruits. Very solid mild.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask conditioned handpump Harp London. A dark ruby coloured beer with an off-white head and lacing. A sweet mild with caramel notes. The aroma is drier and smoky. It’s a mild mild but quite nice.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Csk aat HBF. Mahogany body, small tan head. Aroma of dark fruits, malt and some chocolate. Flavour has roasted bread and some fruits.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
At Helsinki Beer Festival 2011. Poured dark brown in colour, very thin head. Faint liquorice in aroma with some yeasty notes. Very bready taste. Malty flavour. Tasted a bit like finnish kotikalja.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Gravicask (Helsinki Beer Festival, 2011)
6 Slight toffee aroma, some apple - oh dear, is this going to be as tired as the Royal Matromoley I just had?
4 Deep brown, no head.
7 Appley taste too. Tired. But definitely with a really good full roast.
4 Soft palate, carbonation low. Finish just so lovely and roasty. Great.
13 Such a full body, but definitely a bit tired. Very good - would like to have fresh. Again, easy to blame HBF for putting the real ales in the warmest part of the venue, and not being quite so fastidious as they used to be.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask @HBF 2011. Poured dark red/brown color with a thin head. Aroma was malty, slighty yeast. Caramel malt and some roastedness in flavor.Bitter finish. Oily.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask at HBF 2011.
Dark reddish brown colour with tiny light tan head.
Mild roasted malt in aroma.
Weak maltiness and mild roastiness in flavour. Maybe some dark fruits and molasses. Low carbonation. Very much Mild Ale.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
(Cask at Angleterre, Helsinki, 20110328) The beer poured very dark brown and clear. Its head was long lasting and light brown. Aroma had roastedness, chocolate and yeast. Palate was medium bodied with low carbonation. Flavours were roasted malts, yeast, sweetness, molasses and mild bitterness. Afterteraste was malty and roasty. Nothing special: easy to drink and easy to forget.
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