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RCH Steam Carnival


Score
4538
OVERALLStyle
Brewed by RCH
Style: Premium Bitter/ESB
Weston-super-Mare, England
Serve in English pint

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RATINGS: 19   MEAN: 3.05/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 2.98   SEASONAL: Special   EST. CALORIES: 141   ABV: 4.7%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
The golden, seasonal offering is brewed with the best Optic barley and choicest English hops to create a beer with a good hoppy nose and an easy-drinking, well-balanced character throughout.


2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
fonefan (23599) - VestJylland, DENMARK - AUG 12, 2011

Cask (handpump) @ Southampton Arms, 139 Highgate Road, London, Greater London England NW5 1LE.

Clear medium yellow orange colour with a small, fizzy to frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, fruity. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat to soft. [20101231]

2.7
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 3/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
BrewBoxer (775) - Brooklyn, USA - MAR 13, 2011
Cask at beer table. Bland. Smells of honey, sugar and water. Not much going on here. Very sessionable, but not a fan

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
FatPhil (5970) - Tallinn, ESTONIA - FEB 14, 2011
Cask (?, Cambridge)
6 Sweet fruity malty aroma.
3 Mid orange, brief head.
7 Full juicy fruity retronasals. Pleasant malty body, slight roast..
4 Soft palate, carbonation low. Lovely honeyish finish, some fleshy fruits.
13 Some weetabix too, but a very nice refreshing bitter.

3.5
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 13/20
redlight (2209) - Winter Park, Florida, USA - JAN 7, 2011
cask @ redlight redlight. Light hoppy nose, grassy aromas with traces of yeast. Pours bright and clear golden with a thick white head. Refreshing and crisp, grassy hops with straw and hay notes with some earthy notes with hints of herbs and hint of sweetness. Crisp and light with dry bitter finish. Excellent session beer!

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
madmitch76 (5176) - , Essex, ENGLAND - JAN 24, 2010
6th November 2008. Clear gold beer. Grapefruit hops very nicely balanced by sweet peach! Not too dry and very drinkable.

2
   AROMA 2/10   APPEARANCE 2/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 10/20
Finn (2459) - Tromsø, NORWAY - FEB 12, 2009
Cask at Willow Walk, Victoria 16 Nov 08. Pale golden colored. A filmy white head. Modest sweet fruity aroma. Well rounded but lacks identity in flavor. Malty dominance with some fruity hints in the aftertaste.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
leaparsons (6082) - Leicester, Leicestershire, ENGLAND - JAN 30, 2009
Cask, The Highcross, Leicester. Golden with an off-white head. Aromas are biscuit malts with some nuttiness and apricot fruitiness. Flavours are hoppy, dry and fresh with citrus. Bitter grapefruit towards the finish and a dry aftertaste. Good.

2.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 10/20
fiulijn (10000) - Como, ITALY - JAN 10, 2009
<i>Cask Conditioned at J.D. Wetherspoon - The Lord Moon of the Mall, London</i>
Dark blond color. Light aroma, ordinary flavor, quite strong bitterness. There is a touch of bitter almonds, otherwise very common.


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