3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle from Coppers in Newcastle. A very dark brown beer with a red fruity and woody hop flavour with roasted notes on the finish.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle, Coppers, Ncl. Heady aroma of toasted almonds and coffee, robust palate, good bitterness, deep russet red appearance. Full-bodied and flavoursome with a long finish and dry aftertaste.
3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask conditioned handpump Mr Foleys Leeds. This sample resembled chocolate milshake with a whitish head and lace. I asked the bar person if it was unfined. He wasn’t sure but then checked in the cellar and it transpired someone had knocked the cask. Tasted fine though. a good amber type hoppy beer. Some chocolatey malty flavours too. Nice sweeter fruity hops. A well balanced beer.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask gravity @ The Duchess of Cambridge, Stamford Brook W6. Pours a slightly hazy reddish color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy aroma. Fruity malty hoppy bitter citrus flavor. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter citrus finish.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On cask at The Euston Tap. Pours a dark amber colour with a fair beige head. A yeasty aroma with caramel and toffee. Similar flavours. Mild carbonation and a dry finish.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours deep red/brown with a loose white head. Aromas of butter, rich chocolate malt, raw malt. Flavours of toffee, liquorice, roasted malt. Relatively sweet and rich coffee finish, with a light bitterness rounding it out.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Half pint from hand pump at Mr Foleys in Leeds. Clear golden-brown body. Beige patchy surface, spotty lacing. Dark malt-fruity aroma. Dark fruits that marry well with mild caramel malts. Rounded malt bitter end. Well made bitter (11.07.2012).
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle from Jacks, Westholme Stores Goring-on-Thames, consumed at home Sunday 22nd July 2012 Pours a wonderful reddy brown with a white head. Very nutty and tangy, nice bitterness. Finish is dry with a taste of unripe cobnuts. Not great but still good beer. A6 A4 T7 P3 Ov13 3.3
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
bottle at home ... copper red ... thin white head ... soft spicy toffee malt nose ... light caramel malts .. soft sweet fruits .... juicy malts ... decent enough
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: JUN 17, 2012 Cask at CPK, London. Pours hazy amber-red with a long, fluffy white nose. Has a toasty caramel nose, with some wood and dry grass. Light to medium sweet with oily and toasty grass and burnt caramel. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Finish holds some burnt grass and wood, along with burnt caramel and a few resinous pine notes. OK.
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