4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Sampled cask conditioned at George Hotel, Eccleshall, Staffordshire.
Amber coloured. Big nice hay aroma. Dry and malty with soft mouthfeel and a salty and very bitter finish with more hay in it.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask @ MArket Porter, Borough, London. Pours a golden colour with a white head. Fruity malty and nutty aroma with some hoppy hints. Fruity malty caramel flavor. Long fruity and hoppy aftertaste.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at the Wenlock Arms, London
Amber color. Nice aroma of hops first, then malt and toffee. Round mouthfeel, lightly malty, quite good aromatic hopping; light yeast. Easy drinkable, fresh.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask handpull at Ye Cracke, Liverpool. Golden with thin white head. Oaky/hoppy aroma, nice warm citrus flavours in mouth before hops kick in. Some yeast, especially on aroma. Not convinced in best condition. Maybe a little tired
2.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask conditioned @Angleterre
Nut brown, small white head. Honey sweetish flowery aroma. Sourish bitter, simple palate. I suppose sourness is intended. Basic session bitter.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
1. Cask Handpump at the Cross Keys, Knutsford 29/01/2002
Amber golden colour and pale. Sweet with a slightly bitter finish.
2. Cask Handpump at the Cross Keys, Knutsford 30/07/2002
Amber golden fruity citrus. Slightly dry finish.
3. Cask Handpump at the George & Dragon, Great Budworth 02/10/2002
Golden and slightly pale. Fruity citrus with a hoppy finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask Conditioned at The Crawley Inn, Crawley, Oxon. A pale orange amber beer, as clear as a bell. A floral hoppy brew with a thin short head, plenty of heady, lemony and orange hop flavours, little malt backing. A word about the pub, this is a hippy, travellers comune within oxfordshire, very strange, not what you would expect in an English pub, but it has its place and the beer is always good.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask conditioned - handpump - Criterion Leicester. A gold coloured beer with a whitish thin head. The aroma is thin, but there’s a touch of citrus. The taste is fruity with hints of pineapple and lemon. A bit prickly in the mouth. Average.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
(Cask) Orange amber, reddish shine; slim white head, gone in seconds. Very flowery-bitter. Best English hops - yet unmistakably caramel malts. Nice hop flavours, just right balance, with citrussy-fruity aroma. The palate, however, is surprisingly lacking: harsh tones and quite empty. A good best bitter, shame about the palate.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
I thought this was a pretty decent best bitter., but tasted very similar to the much weaker Bank Top Brydge bitter sampled at the same time. Golden colour, with a more malty character than expected and a touch of sulphur in the aroma. Fruity flavour, with citric, grassy hops putting in a late appearance. Cask (gravity dispense), Twickenham Beer Festival 2004.
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