3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Slightly hazy. Bright amber. Nice lacing. Caramelly aroma with a fruity accent. Balanced, juicy with mild fruity hops.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
bottle from Greendale Farmshop. Clear golden colour, mid-sized head. Superb malt flavours with lots of delicious fresh hops, slightly resiny, green, citrusy. Hints of Victoria plums. Superb stuff!
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
I was drinking Otter ale on stillage one night but i thought i’d give this a crack instead, it’s a lot dryer than Otter Ale, has a slight green apple astringency to it and is a lot lighter, not as good as the ale but still not bad.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
@ The Barley (small friendly newish pub near the Pultney Arms), Bath. Deep copper with thick, really thick, tight head and lacing. Aroma is balanced, slightly socky, definitely malty, herbal hoppy, with wet flowers. Tastes like wet flowers. At other places, the flowery flavors are less prominent. Overall a nice pint.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
1. Cask Handpump at the Hare & Hounds, Sidbury 14/05/2002
Amber golden coloured and hoppy. Slightly bitter malt finish.
2. Cask Handpump at the Angel, Exeter 17/06/2003
Golden coloured slightly sweet on the palate. Hoppy with a lasting malt finish.
3.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: MAY 6, 2007 Feb, 2003 From the cask in Devon. Nice bitter with a good handful of fragrant hops. Dry, dusty finish. Refreshing. [2.9]
April, 2007 Hole in the Wall, Torquay Woody twang to this robust and hoppy best bitter. A lovely drop - leather and sea salt. Mmm. [3.6]
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask. Flowery, acidic flavour. Very nice, creamy, soft, yet bitter finish.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask, handpump @ the Huntsman, Bath.
As luck would have it this was the end of the cask so I got a very shaken pint of this to taste with all the dregs of the bottom of the barrel. Must say it wasn’t too bad, and it was free so who’s to complain. Big fluffy white head held out atop a hazy, albeit summery, deep gold body. Aroma was piney and smelled of fresh crushed spring onions (not overly bad, herbal in fact!). Juicy, ripe fruits, pine-nuts, summer wheat and bread dough in the mouth. With the head still in the way it tasted creamy and sweet rather than bitter and laden with hop refuge. Good clean taste of hops, though, on the sides of the tongue (showcase dry-hopping), tangy, bitter and a light rasp just at the back before a bitter fruity bite on the swallow. Some soft apple and guava fruit notes develop on the palate and also begin to linger in the aftertaste. This got better as I went, cursing it was the last cask. Not bad.
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