3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
<i>2008-11-09, Cask Conditioned at J.D. Watherspoon - The Shakespear’s Head, London, 7-4-8-4-16=39</i>
Blond color; creamy head. Nice hoppy aroma, citrusy. It has a quite good malt flavor, with a very good hopping, aromatic, citrusy, a bit resiny. Strong ending bitterness. Very good.
<i>2008-10-22, Cask Conditioned at The Cove, London, 7-4-6-3-14=34</i>
Hazy golden color. Nice grassy hops aroma. Quite weak mouthfeel, with some good malt flavor (dry) and a good hopping, grassy and citrusy, but more powerful than aromatic. The final is well bitter, but missing caramel or better hop oils. Pleasant.
3.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask at the Railway, Putney, "Mopping up the Spoons fest", 15th Nov 08. A truly great British bitter, even better on cask. Golden amber with a little frothy head. Tastes of dry citrus hops - lots of grapefruit. Nose is rather restrained but it lets rip once on the tongue.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
cask in Dundee ... golden amber ... light lemon hop nose ... light sweet resinly lemon hop... medium body... mediium carbonation
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Served cask at Charlies in Copenhagen. Pours a strax and bright moisty yellow. The nose is faint with bitter citrus notes. The tasty is dominated of the american hops that in the finish is nice and very bitter - beside that there is not enough body to back up the hoppyness. The palate is rather waterish and tipically british - but thumps up for the hops.
3.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Handpulled cask at JDW Watford. Gold with a healthy white head. Good citric hop bite and juicy balancing malt. Very good for an old english regional.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at the Roebuck, Nottingham. This pale ale unsurprisingly features aromas and flavours of citrus and soft fruit. I enjoy the American hops. It is very hoppy for its strength but somewhat unbalanced; it’s not quite as good as Dark Star’s APA or some of the better ones from America, like 3F Alpha King or Piece Full Frontal.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
[Cask at the Moon on the Square (JDW), Feltham] Gold with a thin white head; grassy aroma; fruity malt flavours with some orange fruit; slowly building sustained bitter finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
<i>A Mes rate: cask at the Crosse Keys ’Sporks.</i>
Nice looking pale gold with a slim but well behaved white head. Good sharp hoppage with plenty of citric bite and a good level of bitterness in the finish. Straight forward but enjoyable.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at Charlies, Copenhagen. Pale golden color, small but creamy white head. Flowery hop aroma with sourish notes. Hoppy flavor, salty, grassy, some hat and a bit dry in the finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at Charlie’s.
Pale golden with a white head.
Hoppy, flowery and citric in both aroma and flavour.
Light, dry bitterness.
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