4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Handpulled cask at JDW Hatch End, Harrow. Clear gold with a good dense white head in magnificent nic. Oakham through and through with dry citrus fruits from the centennial hops tantalysing my tastebuds. I can’t keep away from my local when I know that beer like this is on.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask, Highcross, Leicester. Clear gold with a small white foam. Aromas are tropical fruit with apricot and grapefruit. Peppery with lots of citrus. Hoppy and floral. Flavours are sweet biscuit malts with lots of grapefruit and apricot. Resinous green pine with floral notes. Fresh hops, typically Oakham in its hopping.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask handpull at The Hope Tap, JDW, Reading. Gold, thin off white head. Typical sherberty hoppy Oakham beer. Nice enough blond beer. Good tropical fruit and hops throughout
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Cask in the new crown. Alround rating: Another absolutly outstanding beer from Oakham. Aroma is bursting with Centennial, citrusy, grapefruit, dry, lemon excellently bitter. Just alround excellent amazingness!
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask at JDW Standing order Edinburgh ... golden yellow ... thin white head ... odd fruit hop ... big bright hop ... little sweet grassyness ... little grapefruit ... little dry in linger.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask conditioned handpump Racehorse Northampton (not a Spoons) A lovely bright gold coloured beer with an off white head. A nice hoppy citrus aroma with grapefruit notes. A delicious balance in the mouth of beautiful Centennial hops and a good malt backbone. Lovely citricity, grapefuit and pineapple and lemon. Top drawer as expected.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms (JDW), Bristol 26/04/09. Pale gold in colour, no head. Big hoppy aroma and flavour, with plenty of grapefruit, a touch of balancing sweetness and a razor sharp dry finish. Excellent.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask conditioned at a Wetherspoons. Pale gold, no head, quite still. Whilst the appearance wasn’t great, the flavour is very pleasant, very hoppy, spicy, tangy lemon, grapefruit. Tidily crisp and bitter, really very good as you tend to expect from Oakham.
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