3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20Half pint by hand pump at Duck & Drake. Clear golden-brown body, diminishing beige head. Smell of caramel malts and dried fruits. Fruity caramel to the taste buds, notes of red orange. Twist of dark bitter ending. Pleasant (Leeds, 12.07.2012).
3.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask@Lychgatetavern, Wolverhampton. Amber colour small frothy head. No aroma to speak of. Taste is citrus and spice. Quite a dry finish. Good on the palate.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at CBC - Clerkenwell, London. Pouts clear, light yellow with a fine, white foam head. Dirty hay aroma, pale malts. Light sweet flavour with lightly toasted pale malts, dry citrus, hints of toasty grass. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Light bitter finish, mild dirt and hay, hints of dry lemon. Very pleasant golden ale.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask at Post Office Vaults, Birmingham
Hazy light amber color. The aroma is light. Some simple flavor of caramel, lightly papery and dusty. Correct bitterness. Missing any freshness or depth.
Simple.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
(Cask at White Horse, Parson’s Green, London, 20 April 2012) Amber colour with frothy, off-white head. Malty, fruity nose with orange, apricots and citric hops. Malty, fruity taste with notes of apricots, orange, dried fruit and a slightly earthy, citric bitterness in the finish. Medium body, with a certain malt sweetness. Nice one.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On gravity at Pigs Ears in Richmond. Dark golden, thin white head, crisp, hoppy, full flavoured. Tasty.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 10/20
cask at york tap ... copper ... thin off white head ...dark toffee malt nose ... very bitter ... dry dusty ... soft toffee ... bitter hop ... poor
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