3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On cask at Dronfield Arms, a good reddish body with white laced head, full body with a light citrussy tang.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
about as average as it gets!
straw coloured. mild hop aroma of citrus, decent bitter finish.
another cascade beer i didn’t really like.
cask. old bell. harrogate
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask at the GBBF. Golden with a small white head. Aroma of fruit, grain and straw with a touch of diacetyl. Sweet grainy flavour with a fruity touch
2.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
4th August 2011
GBBF. Cask. Hazy gold beer, little white head. Light dry palate. A bit too dry. Trace of sulphur in the somewhat raw pale malt. Decent bitter orange hops but not enough to save this messy beer. Too dry!
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (handpump) at Great British Beer Festival, day 3, on 4 August 2011. Gold in colour. Clean, fresh and drinkable. Pleasant enough but not a huge amount to it, to be honest. There is a delicate grapefruit twist and a surprisingly dry bitterness (considering the use of Cascade hops) but the overall effect is rather restrained. Good to see a rather staid regional brewer waking up to the allure of US hop varieties but I would have preferred something with a bit more aromatic punch. Perhaps removing the sparkler would have helped.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask conditioned at The Royal Blenheim, Oxford. Gold with white head. Hoppy, fresh, citrus note right at the start, bitter, drying, really pretty decent.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2011, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.
Clear medium orange yellow colour with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, fruity, pale malt, light hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20110802]
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
UPDATED: AUG 28, 2011 Cask (GBBF2011, Tuesday) with sparkler (6:3:6:3:11=2.9)
Dull. Bugger all hops. Very disappointed given the pump-clip. It’s just a boring bitter.
Rerate: Cask (GBBF2011, Thursday) no sparkler (6+:3:6:4:13=3.2)
Sweet malted barley aroma. Toffee-ish palate, bready light grains. Much more alive when not sparkled to death.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at GBBF 2011, Wednesday. Clear yellow - white head. Orange, citrus, peachy, light malty, bitterness, candlewax, freshness, sulfor, ok hoppy, light skunky.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask @ GBBF, 2011. Pours clear golden with no head. Straw and citrus. Hoppy and floral. Clean and bitter.
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