3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20Cask, Slug & Lettuce, Leicester. Pale gold with an off white foam. Aromas are biscuit with some light nuttiness and low lemon. Woody with floral notes and earthy apple. Flavours are dry biscuit with woody notes and a light grapefruit bitterness Fairly floral with some soap. OK.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask conditioned handpump Slug & Lettuce Leicester 20/07/12. A golden beer with a whitish head and lacing. Phenolic harshness in the mouth. It seems to be aiming for crisp bitterness but doesn’t get there. It’s similar in the nose but less harsh and better grassy bitterness. Probably not 100% as intended.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask @ Black Door, Helsinki. Amber-coloured with a dense off-white head. Aroma of some fruits, mainly apricot, and malt. Floral flavour with the malt and apricots present. Hint of caramel malt with somewhat roasted character. Hoppy bitterness in the finish. Not bad, but not one of the best, either.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (gravity) @ The 17th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2011, Reading, Berkshire England.
Clear medium amber colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, light to moderate hoppy, flowers, citrus - orange notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, lemon - citrus notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20110429]
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (Guide Dog, Southampton) - Amber/copper coloured. Fruity aroma with raisins, caramel and a hint of spicy malt. Fruity, malty and grainy taste with some hoppy hints.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask conditioned at The Railway Tavern, Alton. Copper with white head. Quite a tangy hoppy beer with a rusk biscuit body, some fruitiness, quite odd but reasonably drinkable.
2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask, Pennyblacks, Birmingham UK. Pale, more grapefruit aroma than lemon, I thought, sharp, zingy, hoppy and fruity. Not bad, but nothing outstanding.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at the Monks Retreat (JDW), Reading. Golden coloured with a dense off-white head; peach aroma; light and fruity with apricot and peach flavours and soft and sweet mouth feel; sustained, gently bitter finish. Very drinkable.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask gravity, The Crown Summer BF 09, Nuneaton. Headless iced tea looks. Unassertive apple, sultana and sappy dandelion aroma. Soft grassy hop, bread and biscuit with a bitter soapy linger softened with digestives. OK but nothing I’d rush back to.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: MAR 5, 2011 Tasting notes from 2002 Harbury Beer Festival. Rich copper and cloudy. Fruit, mild hops and malt aromas...very pleasant. Great balance of malt and hops. Excellent session beer and fun to drink.
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