4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Malty aroma has dark bread and bit caramel. Dense and creamy off-white head is long, clear ruby red, good lacing. Real ale. Slightly bitter semidry velvet, nice feel, low carbonation, long tasty finish, malty, nuts, nuanced. Nicely malty, nuanced and easy to drink, tasty and soft.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask, Far From The Madding Crowd, Oxford. Red amber. Fine tan cap of foam. Plumy caramel malt, a touch of apples, rich, soft, attractive. Full malty richness, but enough rustic hop edge to reinforce the finish. Subtle autumn fruit esters. A nice malt-centric ale, in really good shape. Rating 600 for me. In the pleasant company of imdownthepub and the crowd from Banbury.
3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Tap @ GBBF. Pours beautiful clear deep mahogany with a small bubbly tanned head leaving lace. Aroma is dry, clean, hoppy, malty, caramel and fruity. Flavor is malty, very pleasant fruityness, bitter and raisins. Finishes malty and bitter. Excellent.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask at the Harp. Pours clear amber with a soft, white head. Sugary malt nose, leafy and herbal hops, ripe fruits. Light to medium sweet flavor, sweet toast, some dark fruit jam, leafy bitters. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Faint warm finish, some sugar plums, toast and dry leaves. Good stuff.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at the Old Contemptibles, Birmingham. Poured a lovely reddish brown with a broken off-white head. The aroma is rich and malty leading to a medium bitter flavour with lots of liqourice and caramel. The bitterness sits nicely on the palate and into the aftertaste for a truly heart warming and refreshing ale.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask by handpump at Drum & Monkey, Glasgow - clear amber red, creamy beige head, sweet malty, hint of spice, just a bit bland, would still make a good session beer
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask@GBBF2011. Amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma is fruits, wood, some floral and earthy notes. Flavouri s wood, nectar, some sweet malts and mild pleasant syrupy notes as well.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (somewhere in Helsinki)
Nutty brown colour - and the flavour delivers everything the look promises, and more. Hazelnuts, full fruitiness, maybe apple, and loads of malt.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
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3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at the Kemble Brewery Inn. Darkest rich copper, light foamy head. Alc and malt, old and heavy. Leather, red juice, grape. Prune. Heavy and strong, banana.
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