2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Pours brown color with thick head, aroma of acid and flower, caramel malty flavor with mild sweetness, expected bitter aftertaste, just ok.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
1/2 pint cask at The Wharf, Aalborg. Ruby color, fuzzy off-white head. Aroma is sweet malty and fruity. Flavor is sweet malty with fruit. Nice sweet fruity finish. Bitterdry aftertaste.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
A golden ale with an extra thick frothy off white head, very carbonated. A pleasant citrusy malt aroma, grassy, lightly oxidized and biscuit. In mouth, crisp malt and light hopping, light mineral noted. Still in good shape. Tasted Nov. 2006, for a BB of 29-09-05.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Appearance: Orangy brown. Cloudy. Little bit of head.
Aroma: Malt and hops. Some berries.
Taste: Quite hopsy, then malt. Bitter aftertaste.
Info: 500ml bottle, 28/1-2007, 137/500
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at the Bricklayers Arms, Putney, 1st June 08. The strength is instantly apparent. Interesting malty taste with the ghost of a coconu flavour too. Smooth palate but not much to my taste.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle. Murky copper, nice cloudy pale head. Mildly caramel malty nose, dried ginger, apple. Flavor is apple pie, spices, bitter orange, dull earthy bitterness. Very stuffy. A bit watery palate. Not really my thang.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle from Malthouse. Poured a wonderful amber colour. Has an oaky aroma with some fruit. Tastes of burnt malt, hops, nice and bitter. Malt lingers. Gooood.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Brown bottle, 500 ml, best before 15 05 09 , purchased at deVine Wines and Spirits on May 23 2008, savoured on June 7 2008; eye: caramel, hazy, voluminous beige head that turns into an island of melting ice cream, lots of lacing, no effervescence; nose: grapefruit, caramelized malt, light floral; mouth: light floral, grapefruit, caramelized malt, light candied fruit, nice finale with an enjoyable bitterness (nice grapefruit) and nicely balanced by the caramelized malt, bitterness becomes more present after the finale, light astringency, mildly bitter, lightly sweet, medium body, not much carbonation; overall: quite likable
FRANÇAIS
Bouteille brune, 500 ml, meilleure avant 15 05 09 , achetée chez deVine Wines and Spirits le 23 mai 2008, savourée le 7 juin 2008; œil : caramel, voilée, mousse abondante qui se transforme en une petite île de crème glacée fondue, beaucoup de dentelle, pas d’effervescence; nez : pamplemousse, malt caramélisé, léger floral; bouche : léger floral, pamplemousse, malt caramélisé, léger fruit candi, belle finale en amertume agréable (bon pamplemousse) et bien équilibrée par le malt caramélisé, amertume devient plus présente après la finale, légère astringence, moyennement amère, légèrement sucrée, corps moyen, peu carbonatée; en résumé : bien aimé
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