2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask, Star & Garter, Wigston. Amber with a form off-white head. Aromas are pear and blackberry with biscuit and dusty yeast. Trace banana with cream and mellow lemon. Flavours are caamel and lemon with dry tea and a cloying, nasty sweetness. Quite poor.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
A Mes rate:
Cask at The Volunteer. A fairly tedious offering from Robinsons, as most of theirs are if I am honest. Mainly malts and just very mellow all round. A tad on the watery side. Boo.
2.7 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: MAR 24, 2007 Cask at Bedford BF ’06. Amber sessioner; not much aroma. Watery, refreshing, little bitterness. Bit dull, really. 24.3.07. Cask at Wellington Arms, Bedford. Amber-gold with a small white head. No discernable aroma. Malty taste followed by a very thin, watery second half with hardly any bitterness. Rating 1,4,4,3,11: 2.3.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Nice bitter, not annoying and good foam. Pale colour, not so goldy as other bitters.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask conditioned @ Humble Plumb, Soton. Doughy yeast and floral hop aromas with caramel. Very pleasant and slightly unusual fruity tea (like a cold darjeeling or ceylon) flavours. Gentle bitter finish to balance the fruity sweetness. Tasty.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: NOV 3, 2009 1. Cask Handpump at the Castle Hotel, Manchester 08/06/2001
Amber coloured sweet and slightly pale.
2. Cask Handpump at the Castle Hotel, Manchester 16/11/2001
Amber coloured fruity and slightly bitter. Hop finish.
3. Cask Handpump at the Church Inn, Bramhall 31/01/2004
Mid brown amber coloured and fruity. Slightly dry malt finish.
4. Cask Handpump at the Bulls Head, Stockport 06/06/2009
Some fruit aroma. White head. Amber coloured smooth on the palate and fruity with a little dryness and bitterness in a malt finish.
2.4 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 16/20
Medway Beer Festival. A tired session bitter offering up a dry appleness, but nothing genuinely flavoursome or gulpable.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
(Cask at Market Porter, London) Crystal clear amber body with off-white head. Aroma is medium sweet, caramel, nutty, spice. Taste is medium sweet, caramel, some floral, apple, light spice. Light body with low carbonation.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask at Rose & Crown, Mundy Bois. Copper colour. Lasting white head with nice bitter hops. Bit watery in mouth with hoppy dry finish. Slightly yeasty.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask. In good condition, light brown with white head. A good session beer quite full bodied for its strength, a fair amount of flavour a few more hops would not go amiss. I prefer this to the Best Bitter which I find too sweet.
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