2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Bottle conditioned, 500ml, from Asda at Milton Keynes as Foxfield Finest bitter. Clouded toffee colour with slight head. Sourish malts, thin , vegetable, cauliflower notes. It shows the disappointing end of British BCA’s and why people will not buy it in vast quantities. Poor.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
50cl bottle from Asda, Earley, Berkshire. Hazy gold colour with a fast fading off-white head; toasted malt aroma; dry and slightly chalky in the mouth with rich caramel malt flavours and a dry finish.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
As Saffron Budgens Local Brew. According to the brewery "the difference between the two comes in the hop ratios ie we use a slightly different proportion of the aroma hops".
Appearance: Cloudy orangy brown. Little bit of white head. Sediments.
Aroma: Hops and citrus. Fermented fruit, and malt.
Taste: Hops, slightly roasted. Sharp. Bitter aftertaste.
Info: 500ml bottle, 5/9-2008
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On gravity at the London Drinker festival 12/3/08. A copper coloured bitter with a slight white head. Aroma of biscuity malt with balancing grassy hops. Flavour started with some sweet malt before a decent bitter finish. Drinkable.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
UPDATED: AUG 9, 2006 Cask (gravity dispense), Cambridge Beer Festival, May 2006. As others have commented, this beer may have been a bit green. Which is a shame as this was the first beer I’d seen from a new brewery. Nice rich copper colour, but the aroma was a little sharp with an odd chocolate edge. Unripe apples on the palate. Thin mouthfeel without much hop presence. Judgement reserved.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
UPDATED: OCT 24, 2009 Cask conditioned - gravity dispense - Cambridge BF. A copper coloured beer with a slight hop aroma but a green apple twinge to it. This is carried through to the taste which has some bitterness and maltiness but shrouded in a green underdeveloped character which spoils it immensely.Score 2.6
Subsequent rating scored 3.1. Average becomes 2.8
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask at Cambridge Beer Festival 2006. Orange coloured with no head. Thin, boring bitter comprised mostly of sharp fruit. I think others commented that it tasted a bit ’green’, and indeed I found it borderline unpleasant.
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