2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20Gravity at Reading Beer Fest, with Kook, Duff, Chris_o and Joeh. Brown/red, no head. Rather smooth, boring, perhaps with some soap. Flat.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Appearance: Deep nutty brown color with a creamy off white head. Lovely lacing.
Aroma: Toffee and some fruity notes.
Palate: Light body. Moderate sweet and a moderate bitterness.
Taste: Toffee, mild roasted malt and some fruity notes.
Overall impression: A bit thin, otherwise ok.
Personal stats: Handpull at The Bridge Inn in Rotherham, England
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Dark body and fairly flat (no real carbonation). Aroma of dark fruit and woody nuts, taste of watery chocolate malt and fruity nuts, quite a watery bodyfeel. Slightly bitter aftertaste for a mild. Traditional and not very exciting.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask conditioned at Banbury Beer Fest ’12. Chestnut colour with no head. This proved to be quite a fruity mild, squishy berries, blackberry with a sweet malt background, some toffee, some vanilla. It’s ok but nothing more.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask @ 2nd Saltburn Beer Festival. A brown colored beer, with a small beige head. The aroma of sweet fruits, a little chocolate with some bitter. The taste is watery, hints of sour, moving to bitter. The aftertaste is some bitter with sour notes. A little sweet.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
1st December 2010
Pigs Ear Fest! Clear dark brown beer. Residual tan head. Light semi dry palate. Low carbonation. Tangy but mild dark malt. Hint of licorice. A little orangey bitter hop in the semi dry finish.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 15/20
Gravity cask at the Pig’s Ear Beer Festival, 2010. Pours dark, ruby-brown with no head, really. Light, toasted malt aroma, some hardness and nuts. Has a light malt flavor, faintly sweet, with hints of plastic and nuts. Light bodied with no carbonation. Some light, bready malts in the finish, with earthy bitterness and hazelnut notes. Nothing special.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask @ Southampton Arms, Tufnell Park NW5. Pours a dark brown almost black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty caramel aroma with some nutty hints. Fruity malty roasted caramel flavor with some nutty hints. Has a sweetish roasted malty caramel finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask. Sweet toffee malt aroma. Dark brown color with decent head. Sweet toffee malt and light grass flavor. Very nice mild.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask gravity at 3rd Wellington Beer Festival ’09, Wellington Arms, Bedford. Very dark brown. Small off white head. Cheesy aroma. Taste is ashy with sour milk and pencil lead. Well, it’s a mild, though not very ’traditional’.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: AUG 14, 2009 1. Cask Handpump at the GBBF Earl’s Court, London 08/08/2008
Floral aroma. Dark coloured smooth on the palate and fruity with a crisp and slightly dry malt finish.
2. Cask Handpump at the GBBF Earl’s Court, London 09/08/2008
Some floral aroma. Mid brown coloured and smooth on the palate with a little dryness and roast malt in the finish.
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