3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at Angleterre, Helsinki. Red amber color. Sweet ripe banana aroma. Sweet caramelly flavor with banana, toffee and fruity wine gums. Smooth palate. Quite exotic cask ale but a bit too sweet for me. Not very drinkable, even a half pint feels a lot.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
3rd February 2011
Chelmsford Winter Beer Festival. Loads of beers shared with ChrisO and Harrisoni - Cheers! Hazy brown beer, Suddy pale tan head. Light dry palate. Rich fruit with a trace of Port and red wine. Dry finish. Not bad - tasty!
2.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
On tap at The Ginger Man. The mouthfeel is OK, it looksvery good, fruity with a white head. But the taste is sourish and horrid.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask@Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Amber colour, small beige head, leaving nice lace. Aroma is sweet malts, caramel, fruits and nectar. Flavour is caramel malts, nectar, mild alcohol and grass. Also some sugary and a bit fruity notes. Very good real ale. Had on Feb 26th, and back at Oliver Twist on Mar 1st to have a few US beers. Afterwards I ended up with a few more pints of this. Just lovely!
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask Conditioned at Oliver Twist, Stockholm
Hazy dark amber color with red hue, small head. A mild, shy Barley Wine (?), with sweetish caramel, ordinary bitterness, soft mouthfeel, but also a light, suspicious sourness in the end; probably the beer is not fresh; some alcohol feeling too. I’m not impressed.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
(Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm, 24 Jan 2009) Dark amber colour with frothy, beige head. Malty nose with dried fruit, caramel and toffee. Malty taste twith notes of dried fruit, caramel and some earthy hops in the finish. Medium to full body, too sweet. The hops are overshadowed by sweet malt. Tasty and warming, but too much sweetness makes it a bit unbalanced.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm. Clear nut brown, small head. Fruity toffeeish nose with evident alcohol. Sweet and near full bodied. Hone and jam are prominent and there is lots of carmamel while hops are fairly restrained. Finishes with more warming alcohol than bitterness.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (Gallows Bird, Espoo)
Deep orange, glassy. Slightly alcoholic aroma, but a fair dry bitter aroma. Sweet sticky body, very rich and very smooth. Slightly woody, but also pretty sweet malts. Hops are pretty serious too, and stay for a long sticky finish. To be honest, this was a very hard to describe, I even had another one to see if I got more inspiration. It’s a very potent beer but very moreish.
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