2.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
14th June 2012
Cask at the CP&K, Scopey’s Birthday Bash. Clear gold beer, little white head. Light dry palate with mild carbonation. Mild orange hops. Pretty dry finish. A bit non descript and I expect better from Roosters.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
On cask at the Bell Bell. Pours a light golden colour with a decent white head. Aroma of lemon, pineapple caramel and yeast. Similar flavours with moderate carbonation and a creamy mouth-feel. Lovely!
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask by air pressure at Geordie’s Byre, Ayr (7 Apr 12) - mild cereal malt aroma, clear golden ale, good off-white head, biscuit, cereal, very slight bitterness
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
a good session ale.
lovely sun drenched straw colour, thick white head.
fruity citrus aroma and a similar taste with a definite earthy note to the finish.
cask. blind jacks. knaresborough.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask at the Euston Tap, London. Pours clear gold with a small, white foam head. Nice and bready, doughy aroma with some straw. Light sweet flavor, faint citrus, some hay. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Mild sweet finish, light hay and straw bitters, some mild citrus. Decent sessioner.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask (handpump) @ Southampton Arms, 139 Highgate Road, London, Greater London, England NW5 1LE.
Clear medium orange yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, fruity, light to moderate hoppy, citrus, spicy, herbal, health sweets. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, grass - straw, spicy, herbs - herbal. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110729]
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask@Southampton Arms, London. Amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma is fruity, floral, wooden and mildly earthy notes as well. Flavour is fruits, wood, earth, some malts and mild earthyness to it as well.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask handpull, The Old Bell Tavern, Harrogate, 18/04/11. Aroma of celery-smeared chopping board, English blossom (Hawthorn?), Yorkshire Snatch, Walkers chicken crips (one of the most pungent and overpoweringly pervasive aromas in the known universe- thanks to Octo for that one). Licked stone softness, Mother Shipton’s cave, stewed tea and rich tea, more Hawthorn, lemongrass soapiness but no real citrus. Packets of biscuits. Good, but overpowered by the loveliness of both the Salamander and Abbeydale.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at The Green Man, Stamford, Lincolnshire. Copper. Aroma had a flinty start. The some strawy malt, and the taste was the same: dry grass with some grapefruit sourness. Mid bitter finish. Edgy, interesting beer.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at the White Horse American Beer Festival, 2nd July 2010. Light amber. Grassy and resinous on the nose, with some tropical fruits too. Fruity but not too heavy. Very drinkable.
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