3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: DEC 14, 2008 [bottle - 16.9 oz] Hazy yellow pour with a very thick and lasting white head and lots of carbonation suspended in the liquid. Aroma is very hoppy with lots of citrus in it as well. Sharp hop and citrus bite at the beginning that moves to a fruity and citrusy middle and a grainy, hoppy finish, leaving the slightest bitterness on the palate.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask gravity at Blakes, Dover. I am amazed that it has taken me so long to have this on the site as I have had it many times before. Golden/copper colour with no head. Hoppy, good citrus, some tangerine on the aroma, but there is some balancing caramel too. Quite nice in mouth with good acids and drying hop bitter finish. A good bitter
1.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 5/20
Bottled import version...utter crap! A weak herbal aroma, atop a light bodied beer, mild herbal flavors, virtually no malt at all, then a big empty strong bitter finish. Near straw color, with a huge pillowy whipped cream head. Dumped it.
3.2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
From the bottle, poured a dense gold with a thick white head. Medium-bodied with a hoppy, slightly woody character. The medium body carried a fruity/hoppy flavor balance through until the slightly crisp finish. Not a stand-out.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Cask @ Akkurat, Stockholm
Strange that I haven’t rated this before as it is one of my favourite uk real ales. Has a great flowery malt aroma. Persistent head. Rich natural hop taste balanced wonderfully with a certain fresh maltiness. Taste developes into a rich and complec, though still balanced, hop freshness. Very hoppy by UK standards. A beer one can drink all night with equal pleasure throughout.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
(cask)
Amber colour, fruity lemony nose. Perfume-ish, bitter, sugary, slight hoppy flavour. Dry finish.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Pale yellow, white creamy head. Yeasty, fruity aroma with some peach and citrus. Fruity and hoppy flavor.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
A huge, frothy head left big, rocky lace above this thick, murky golden/sepia beer. Aromas held big yeasty characteristics: heavily earthen (clay), barnyard, hay, and light floral perfume that was soapy... overall, it conjured images of horses. (?) There was a hint of citrus to the flavor which held thorough, dry bitterness. Slight soapiness in the finish, like some shampoo ran into my mouth. Creamy texture. I’ve only had a handful of bitters, but this may be one you should be comparing to.
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