3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask (gravity) @ GBBF 2011, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.
Unclear medium orange colour with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, orange - citrus, overriped orange, mandarin. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, overriped orange, citrus, alcohol. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20110804]
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
From cask. Pours cloudy and dark orange with a small white head. Aroma is sweet and malty, caramelish and slight citric. Sweet, slight sticky, dense grapefruity hoppy and malty. Dry and solid fruity following. Dry and herbal bitter finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask@GBBF2011. Amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma is caramel, fruits, toffee, some earth, mild wooden notes as well. Flavour is wood, fruits, caramel, some earth, quite sugary and mildly resiny. Balanced IIPA.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at GBBF 2011.
Clear orange coloured with a small white head.
Fruity aroma of hops, pine needles and citrus.
Fruity flavour of hops, caramel, bread and pine needles.
Dry hoppy finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft @ Hickory Hops 2011, Hickory, NC. Pours a slightly hazy amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy grapefruit aroma. FRuity malty hoppy bitter grapefruit flavor with hints of caramel. Has a fruity malty hoppy bitter grapefruit finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask @ GBBF, 2011. Pours unclear amber with a small creamy white head. Piney and citrussy hops. Dry and really bitter. A bit of yeast. Smooth.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Date: April 20, 2012
Mode: Draft
Source: Duckworths, Park Road
Appearance: clear dark copper, fine off whitehead, sticky lace
Aroma: sweet cryatal aroma, big doses of citrus and peppery pine
Flavor: sweet malt flavor, crystal sweetness, plenty of hops, citrus, medium bitterness balances the sweetness and leaves a light lingering finish
Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 7/10; Palate: 6/10; Overall: 14/20
Rating: 3.5/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: *** /4
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft. Small beige head atop clear amber body. Aroma is moderately sweet, apricot, grapefruit, some pineapple. Taste is moderately sweet, grapefruit, pineapple, some apricot. Medium-full body, some stickiness.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
12oz bottle-pours gold/amber with a light tan head. Aroma is herbal-tea/orange, 2nd medium malt. Taste is biting herbal-tea/orange hops, 2nd medium malt-some caramel. Harsh [Cascade]/bitter, drying finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
4th August 2011
GBBF. Cask. Hazy amber beer, tiny white head. Pretty hoppy - good grapefruit tangerine bitterness with a little pineapple as well. Dry finish. Good stuff.
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