chriso (4852), London, Greater London, England
| 3.5 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 4/5 | 7/10 | 4/5 | 14/20 | Oct 19, 2009 Cask (handpump) at the Market Porter, Southwark, April 2008. Attractive bright amber colour and in good condition. A well balanced and tasty traditional style bitter with plenty of earthy hops and dry pale malt. Touch of sulphur in the aroma.
berkshirejohn (1840), Bracknell, Berkshire, England
| 3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 12/20 | Apr 7, 2009 Cask at the Three Mariners, Hythe. Amber with a thin white head; orangy fruit aroma; oily texture with orange fruit and some biscuit; light marmalade bitterness to finish. Pleasant enough. Ethereal (1710), London, Greater London, England
| 3.2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 6/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 | Jan 1, 2009 Cask at the Eastbourne Beer Festival, 11th Oct 2008. Aroma of meringue! Decent balance, malt at the start and then a drying finish. Standard session weight. Ok to have as your local session bitter but not challenging or surprising. motelpogo (4399), Plzen, Czech Republic
| 2 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 2/5 | 4/10 | 2/5 | 8/20 | Sep 7, 2007 cask at the market porter. very dull bitter, faintly citric but in a lemonade type of way, faint bitterness and watery texture MesandSim (5983), London, Greater London, England
| 2.4 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 4/10 | 2/5 | 5/10 | 3/5 | 10/20 | Jul 22, 2007 A Mes rate:
Gravicask at Kent Beer Festival. Boring bitter looks. Sour apples and an odd minty note to the aroma. Tea and hoppage in the flavour with a decent bitter tobacco finish to pull it back from the brink of obscurity. duff (5475), Surrey, Greater London, England
| 2.6 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 5/10 | 3/5 | 5/10 | 2/5 | 11/20 | Feb 16, 2007 Cask@The Market Porter, Borough, London. Typically boring, dull and predicatble English bitter. Fairly dry, with grainy malt notes and a light earthy quality. Finish is short and watery. anders37 (4796), Malmö, Sweden
| 3.3 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 6/10 | 3/5 | 7/10 | 3/5 | 14/20 | Sep 18, 2006 Cask @ Market Porter, Borough, London. Copper colour. Fruity malty aroma with some hints of raisins. Fruity malty hoppy flavor. Long hoppy bitter finish. DJMonarch (6941), Northwich, Cheshire, England
| 3.8 | Aroma | Appearance | Flavor | Palate | Overall | | 7/10 | 3/5 | 8/10 | 4/5 | 16/20 | Feb 21, 2006 Cask Stillage at the GBBF, Kensington Olympia 02/08/2001
Golden coloured with some ginger spice aroma. Excellent roast malt and hop finish.
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