3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask-conditioned at the Seven Stars, Bristol 25/08/10. Golden coloured with a decent white head. Sweet, fruity aroma with a yeast edge. Flavour of caramel, apricot and mandarins, with a decent bitter finish. Good.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask ... golden yellow ... big frothy white head ... light soapy fruit ... odd but nice ... sherbert fruityness ... some toffee ... little grape.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask@Pullman’s, Helsinki
Clear golden-amber color, small white head. Sweet honeyish-hoppy nose. Flavor has also honey, some flowery hops. Finish is a bit harsh with woody-resiny bitterness. Unbalanced. Not sure how well this has been kept, real ales at this place are not always in the best possible condition.
2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
Cask 3 Judges, noteably poor condition, ol rating. Aroma is black current tart fruit and cellar. Taste is thin and watery with tart fruit, hints of mildue and cellar are key. Who knows how they managed to keep this on.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask. Something like deep yellowish golden colour, small creamy white head. Aroma is grassyness and hops with some fruity hints. Flavour is slightly bitter, with grass and fruity hops in it. Quite standard casked ale, and not too exciting.
2.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask Conditioned
Hazy golden color, thin creamy head, nice lace. Too simple aroma. Some malt flavor, and medium bitter final with some aromatic hop, caramel and light fudge, but too simple, overall.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
(cask at Oliver Twist, Stockholm) Gark golden, no head. Grassy hops with notes of red apples and oranges in aroma. Grassy bitter flavour, notes of grain and appleskins. Light bodied. Long grassy bitter finish.
2.7 AROMA 1/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 1/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 20/20
Crown & Thistle, Gravesend. Poor condition. Sweet malty beer with hardly any hop awareness. There doesn’t appear to be much of interest here, but the tired condition could be concealing greatness. Default score.
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