3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at JDW. Reddish amber with small creamy head. Lots of fruit in the aroma and the taste lives up to it. Winter berries immediately come to mind along with smooth strawberry and raspberry jam. A hint of spices round off a pleasant beer.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (handpump) @ Market Porter, 9 Stoney Street, Southwark, London, Greater London, England SE1 9AA.
Clear medium to dark amber colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, toffee. Flavour is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration, caramel, toffee, light peppery finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20101204]
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask (handpump) at the Market Porter on 4 December 2010. Not very copious notes as I mistakenly thought I already rated this. Basically seemed like a decent, if unspectacular best bitter. Hints of citric hop. Fine, but I think Phoenix generally do pale beers better.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at Wellington Arms, Bedford. Dark gold with a small white head. Malty aroma. I thought this beer had a nice balance between malt, sourness, and a sharp bitter finish. Bare good to be precise.
1.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 6/20
A Mes rate. Cask at Baker St ’Sporks.
Clean pale amber colour with a good off white head and lace. Big diacetyl and butter on the nose. Even worse in the mouth. If I wanted a cake I’d have bought one. I wanted a beer, that actually tastes like beer. I’ve always enjoyed Phoenix beers so I’d expect the quality of this to be more down to this shower of shite JDW than down to the brewery. Whatever, all I can do is call it as I see it. Full on butter and there isn’t even any toast to go with it. Undrinkable.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at Gilpins Bell, W’Spoons, Edmonton, Nth London. Copper coloured pour with off white head. Fruity, fresh aroma. Fruity, hoppy, spicey taste. Rather pleasant.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask@Pigs ear BF 06. Quite lemony/orangey. Yeah, definiet citric hop cgaracters. Some nice bitterness in the finish, but quite light. Pretty tasty.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask conditioned - gravity dispense - Pigs Ear BF. Copper colour with bubbly off white head. Lots of raspberry on aroma, some hop. Fine in mouth, some juiciness, spicey hop on finish. Fine bitter.
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