3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
[Gravity cask at Back of Beyond, Reading] Amber-brown. Ooh... now this is surprising. I was expecting an average bitter, what I got was a bitter masquerading as a stout! Coffee and digestive biscuits dominate with hints of fruit and tobacco and some dry roasty malt in the finish. Very smooth & drinkable. Good stuff!
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: JUL 22, 2006 Tried again in July 2006 and was much more impressive. Nice balance of malt and hops makes for a well rounded dark bitter.Pleasantly bitter without being overpowering.Its very unusual for me to review a beer twice and find that it has improved so much.Either the beer was having an off night when I first tried it or I was. Probably the later!
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Amber beer, good head. The aroma is light and dry and the flavour is soft, dry and only slightly sour at the end. Overall a pretty good beer.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Half from cask at The Wheatsheaf in Stoke. Nitro creamy, off-white head with good laceworks. Dark amber with a slight head. Aroma of bitter fruits and sweet malts. Grapefruit shells in flavour ending up with a nice dry bitter finish. Good version of the style (Wetherspoon real ale festival, 02.05.2009).
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
A Mes rate: gravicask at Battersea Beer Festival
Darkish golden brown with a thin off white head and good condition. Fruity malt, faint sickly sweet tobacco. A good balancing light bitterness in the finish. Fairly basic but very drinkable. Lovely palate. Not bad.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
A clear red beer with a huge light brown head. The flavor is sweet spicy and the flavor is very spicy on a dry background.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask gravity at Battersea BF 2007. Chestnut colour with thin bubbly off white head. Some green apple. Decent malt in mouth. Some nice toffee/butter, some earthy hop finish.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell. Gold with a dense cream head; fruity, malty aroma; lots of orange fruit flavour with a jammy sweetness; clean well-balanced bitter finish.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at the Battersea Beer Festival, 12th February 2009. Fruity malt aroma. Dark amber looks. Quite sweet, smooth.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask-conditioned at the King of Wessex (JDW), Bath 7/05/09. Deep copper with a decent white head. Sweet aroma of red fruits and chocolate malts. Flavour was a bit syrupy to start, before some bitter chocolate and a decent bitter finish came to the rescue. Good stuff.
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