2.3 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Tasted 18/4/2013 draught "The Swan", Enford, Wiltshire. Poured a clear dark honey amber with a thin white bubble line for a head. Laced OK.Aroma very slightly sourish malt. Taste bland with a very slight earthy bitterness. Light body, bordering on watery. Long mid-bitter finish.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
50 cl, casked. Red-tinted orange with a small head. Aroma: Malt, mild coffee. Crisp rye bread. Taste: Acidic component. Palate: Low-medium body, low carbonation. Decent real ale.
2.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
5th August 2009
Cask at GBBF. Clear light brown beer. Light semi dry palate. Light malt. A little sweet and medium dry. Finishes watery.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Tasted this at the Paisley Beer Festival in April 2007. Cask, gravity dispense. Clear dark amber in colour with a thin white head. Very slight hint of butterscotch in the short nose. Thin mouthfeel and poor lacing. Pale malts give a digestive biscuit base with gaia melon, juicy in the mouth. Dry hoppy resins give a dusty note to the quick aftertaste. Finish is edged malty with tart citrus peel notes evident. An ok session bitter.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
The Baron. Dusty bronze with a creamy white top. Fairly nondescript aroma with hints of grassiness and plastic. Sharp mineral front overpowering a decent, lingering digestive aftertaste. Hints of aniseed. Just another substandard dull English bitter with zero hop character.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at the Crosse Keys, JDW. Pours a cloudy amber with a fine, whitish head. Bready malt nose. Lightly sweet flavor, bit of yeast, slight wood, dough. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Kind of bland finish, light sugars, dough and yeast, faint herbal and earthy bitterness. Condition is lacking but it might not matter much here. Average at best.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
A nice, summery and drinkable despite not being my usual style preference. The bitter was a little to strong although this didn’t take too much away from the overall experience. Average al round and probably not one I would seek out again. * * * 1001 Beers to try before you die: * * *
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask - The Bell Hotel (JDW), Norwich. Firm & creamy lacing off-white head, clear copper body. Tangy-sweet mid fruits on the nose. More tang on the palate with a fruit skin bitterness, some yeast & earth. Soft mouthfeel, a bit average on the palate with a short, dryish finish. Undefined & indistinct but drinkable.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at the ’Grape and Grain’ beer festival, Crystal Palace. Amber pour with an off white head. Very fruity nose. Orchard fruits and peach aromas. Fresh fruit flavours. Crisp, fruity finish.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask at Kuikka, Helsinki, Finland.
Mahogany colour with big bubbly off-white head.
Mild fruity bitter aroma and flavour is quite alike. Short aftertaste. Watery.
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