2 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
The aroma is a very sickly malty one, the taste is malty as expected, but poor.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask at The Cleveland Arms, London. Pours clear gold with a small, white foam head. Some toasty wood, sugar, biscuity malts. Medium sweet flavor, some sugary bread, mild lemony fruits, ripe orange. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Medium sweet finish, doughy malts, white sugar. An enjoyable sweet bitter.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask by handpump at Counting House, Glasgow (29 Mar 12) - hazy golden ale, thin off-white head, mild caramel malt aroma, biscuit, caramel, nor really bitter or sweet, quite smooth
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at the Coronet JDW, Holloway. Clear blond colour with white creamy head. Aroma is slightly citrus hoppy, lots of malt, bit of cream. Taste is biscuit malt, creamy, some lemony bitterness. Soft in the mouth. Predominately malty.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
[Cask at the Hope Tap, Reading] Light amber with a negligible head. Sweet vanilla dominates with light floral notes. Gets rather too sweet and creamy by the end. c5
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask. The Slug & Lettuce, Leicester. Thin white head. Dark gold body. Peppery, mild citric, apple juice. Bittersweet. Dry finish. Not bad.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask handpump at FFTMC, at the DERT festival held in Oxford 05.03.11 Pours light amber with good clarity, touch sweet & fruity with a little bitterness sticking throughout. Nice but no world beater. A6 A4 T6 P4 Ov12 3.2
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask gravity at The Chambers, Folkestone. Copper colour with a slight haze, lasting beige head. Biscuit, yes, but a touch of rubber too. Yep, malt is ok, but rubber takes the edge off.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask (handpump) @ The Kenilwort, 152-154 Rose Street, Edinburgh EH2 3JD, Scotland.
Clear medium orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, apple, light to moderate hoppy, orange. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to light heavy bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090408]
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Cask conditioned at The Chequers Inn, Oxford. Gold with full white head. Heavily hopped bitter with tangy grapefruit, really quite dry, tasty, bitter and very good indeed. Loved it.
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