2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask, gravity at the Pig ’n’ Falcon, St Neots, Cambridgeshire. Attractive reddish amber with a small white head. Slight malt aroma. Taste has a little citrus and malt, but the bitterness is the main feature.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle that I picked up at Bellingers, Jet Garage, Grove, Nr Wantage, Oxon, purchased and consumed the same day 03-01-10 Pours mid amber with a filmy white head. The aroma was not as spicy or citric as the description hinted that it would be, I get more toffee, malts and a merest hint of chlorine, the latter possibly being a Thames tap water rinse of the glass. Some light citrus in the mouth, light caramel and a decent malty backbone. A fine beer but possibly a bit weaker compared to many of the others on the Stroud stable. A6 A3 F6 P4 Ov12 3.1
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask Stillage from the GBBF Earl’s Court, London 09/08/2008
Fruity aroma. Bronze mid brown coloured smooth on the palate and fruity with a little roast flavour in a crisp and dry lasting malt finish.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Amber with a small white head. Fruity and berry aroma. Dry and fruity, rather thin flavour
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask conditioned at The Crown & Trumpet, Broadway, Worcs. Amber to chestnut with white head. Quite a thinnish bitter on the palate, dry flowery hop character giving a hoppy bitterness, slightly peach flower in style. Surprisingly little in the way of malt note given the colour. Still very drinkable though.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask @ GBBF 2008. Pours a clear amber color with a small off-white head. Has a sweetish fruity hoppy caramel aroma with some hints of citrus. Sweetish malty hoppy citrus flavor with some hints of caramel. Has a sweetish malty caramel finish with some hoppy citrus in the aftertaste.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
The Swan and Rushes, Leicester. Reddish and headless. Leafy hop, berry fruit, caramel. Odd and heady at the ABV, but pretty good.
2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Copper-coloured body with great clarity, but no head. Sweet aroma of fruits. Dry malt-fruity flavoured ale with a smooth bitter aftertaste. Medium palate with soft carbonation (half pint, hand-pulled at GBBF, 07.08.2008)
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask@GBBF2008. Amber colour, not much head. Aroma is fruits, hops and mild nectary notes. Flavour is malts, dough, some bready notes as well as a bit of fruits.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
A Mes rate: gravicask at GBBF.
Bright mid amber brown with a thin white rim. Plain earthy malt with some slight detergent. Watery and almost certainly on it’s way out.
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