 Magicdave6 (5560), London, Greater London, England
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Feb 25, 2008 Cask in Blackfrioars. Aroma is lacking somewhat, but i can feel the hop resins and toffee malt character trying to be goose island IPA. Taste is initially malty, toffee, then the bursting citrus hop resin kicks in, followed by caramel and lychee flavours in a bitter finish. Excellent beer. Infact i recon in better condition that i put it in myself, outstanding.
maeib (4776), Wootton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
| 3.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 15/20 |
Feb 22, 2008 Cask conditioned - gravity dispense - Merton Winter BF. An amber coloured beer with a loose white head. The aroma is spicy and almost grassy. No doubt hoppy. The taste has a good malt backbone behind some sharp grapfruit notes and a little spiciness. Another tasty offering from Oakham.
albertane (376), Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England
| 3.7 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 3/5 | 16/20 |
Feb 22, 2008 Cask at Bacchus, Newcastle. Copper with a very fruity aroma. Full flavour with orange zest, very hoppy and sweet.
Doppelganger (1353), Dry County, Arkansas, USA
| 4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Feb 20, 2008 Gravity, Merton Winter Beer Festival. Deep copper, lots of frothy white head that lasts and lasts. Perfumey grapefruit and cinnamon aroma, blending well with a warm caramel touch. Citrus, white wine grape hop flavor, solid malty goodness backbone. Kind of a lingering animal musky quality. Nice substantial body, and spilling over with flavor goodness. One of the beers of the festival I had to go back and get a repeat on. Yum!
Fin (3495), Merton, Oxfordshire, England
| 3.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 5/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 |
Feb 19, 2008 Cask, gravity at Merton Winter Beer Festival Feb 08 Reddy amber colour with white bubbly head. Punchy citrus hits you with a left hook, then the bitterness which coats your tongue and hangs around for ever delivers a devastating right uppercut. Your left reeling before that long, long, hoppy tropical fruit finish delivers the body blow. Oakham don’t do things by half this is great, the Japanese Sorachi Ace hop along with American duo of Amarillo and Cluster hops provide one very interesting beer.
imdownthepub (5190), Banbury, Oxfordshire, England
| 4.1 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 4/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 17/20 |
Feb 16, 2008 Cask conditioned at Merton Winter Beer Festival ’08. Red brown with white head. Another great beer from Oakham, darker roasted then regular hoppy beers with a smokey note to the malt, fruity and beery!. Aparantly this uses Japanes hops along with a mix of cluster and Amarillo and it really does showcase the hops well, orange and kiwi fruit to me. I loved this one too.
Tranquillity (1181), Espoo, Finland
| 2.9 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 8/10 | 2/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 |
Feb 14, 2008 Cask @ Gallows Bird, Espoo, Real Ale Festival 2008. Clear cola colour, thick head. Smells like buns, fresh dark bread. Not too strong aroma though. Taste a bit weak as well, but the finish is long and hoppy.
FatPhil (3527), Espoo, Finland
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 13/20 |
Jan 24, 2008 Cask. (Gallows Bird, Espoo, Real Ale Festival 2008)
Fairly deep red, thin head. Rather odd combination of aromas. Tropical fruits and a light smoky or dusty component. Grapefruity citrus and lychees in the taste, as well as a decent beery body, of course. Hoppy and sweet; powerful but quite well balanced. Classic Oakham hoppy brew.
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