2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask (handpump) @ The Alexander Graham Bell (JDW), 128 George Street, Edinburgh, Scotland EH2 4JZ.
Clear medium orange yellow colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, toasted, mandarin, light marzipan mass, light yeasty, fruity, artificial pineapple syrup. Flavour is moderate to light heavy sweet with a average duration, fruity, fruity yeast. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20101029]
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask Handpump at the Paramount JDW, Manchester 15/11/2010
Floral and slightly spicy aroma. Golden coloured a little spicy and hoppy with a pine flavour. A hint of dryness and bitterness in a crisp full malt finish.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask at Bankers Draft (JDW), Bedford, after the end of ’Spoons, Beer Festival ’10. Orange amber with a small white head. Aroma of mango, or at least that mixed tropical fruit drink. Pleasant if rather thin and remote fruity taste. Only the briefest hints of dryness, making the overall effect rather banal.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
1st November 2010
Spoons Fest! Clear gold beer, tiny white head. Low carbonation, smooth palate. Sweetish aromatic Nelson hops - presenting here as mildy grapey, a trace of pine as well. Sweetish dry malt backs it up. A trace of bubblegum in the aftertaste. Not bad but was hoping for something a bit more exciting. A little tepid overall.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask Conditioned Handpump Red Well Wellingborough. A golden beer with a white head and lacing. Predominant yeast notes. A bit bready and with light lemony notes. Low bitterness and certainly not a Nelson Sauvin hop bomb. Not really keen on this.
3.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
[Cask at the Hope Tap (JDW), Reading] Very pale amber, slight off-white head. Huge tropical fruit (passion fruit, white grape and lychee) to the fore, but then it’s slightly ruined by a touch of sulphur and some unripe notes. A little gingery spice comes through at the end. Rather on the watery side, but a very interesting beer nevertheless.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at the Claude Du Vall (JDW), Camberley. Amber with a loose off white head; attractive aroma of apricots and Belgian yeast; rather thinly bodied with a sweet, fruity apricot flavour; and a gently spiced finish. A Belgian Ale that I could actually manage more than a single pint of!
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
From cask at Standing Order. Pours hazy orange with a small white head, creamy dense head. Aroma is fruity and sweet. Rather fruity hoppy and mild yeasty fruity notes mixed into this. Fruity and hoppy bitter finish.
2.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
A Mes rate. Cask at Baker St. ’Sporks.
Dull, over vented, lemony bready rubbish. Cock off JDW. Really. I would say sorry to Palm for this rate but they retired Rodenbach Alexander so they can cock off too.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Good balance of malt and hops but dominated by a slightly coying sweetness. Not the most interesting beer but certainly pleasant.
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