3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20Bottle, from brewery. Malty and sweet, creamy, as expected. Spices are subtle, however the creaminess comes back in late on, accompanied by a faint smokiness and flavours of cough mixture, raspberry and cherry. The alcohol is certainly there and the Workieticket origins of the beer are fairly obvious.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (handpump) @ The Metropolitan Bar - JDW, 7 Station Approach, Marylebone Road, Marylebone, Greater London, England NW1 5LA.
Clear medium to dark amber colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, spicy, christmas cake ! light hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20110101]
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Nice looking dark bitter. Aroma is aromatic and a little sweet. Flavour is quite fruity. Has a warming finish.
2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask at the Swan & Castle, Oxford, England.
Amber colour with small creamy off-white head.
Very mild fruity hoppy aroma. No bitterness.
Very mild flavour of caramel, nuts and some noticeable bitterish hops.
Waterish. Some staying nuttiness in aftertaste.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask, handpull at The Swan & Castle, JDW, Oxford 08.01.11 Pours dark amber with a white head. There is a certain richness to this, it’s a little creamy and smooth, fruity with some vanilla. Not a bad beer at all, slight late bitterness, tasty. A7 A4 T7 P3 Ov14 3.5
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
17th December 2010
Spoons. Slighty hazy amber - brown beer. Decent white head. Dry palate. Dry raspy malt. Fruity decent hop with a whisper of apple. Dry finish. Drinkable but the dry malt grates!
2.9 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Quite a nice darkish bitter, not particularily festive, but produced to get the xmas drinkers interested, not a bad effort
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask. The Last Plantagenet, Leicester. Thin white head, clear copper body. Biscuit dominates, Weetabix, grassy hop, juicy malt, brown sugar, toffee, alcohol. Dry finish. Sweet, bitter notes.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask Handpump at the Hillsborough Hotel, Sheffield 21/12/2002
Mid brown amber coloured and strong in alcohol with a slightly dry finish.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at Charlies.
Clear amber coloured with an off white ehad.
Fruity aroma of hops and yeast with notes of grass.
Fruity flavoru of hops, yeast, grass and pine needles.
Dry hoppy finish.
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