3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle at Jake’s Place, Edinburgh. It pours hazy golden with a medium white head. The nose is farmyard, pine and earth stewed orange. The taste is smooth, moderate bitterness, grapefruit, lime, light resin and light farmyard with a dry finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Ok, but a bit too much farmyard action for my liking.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask @ Blackfriars. Last drink from cask. Clear golden amber couloir, good foamy head. Biscuit resin aroma. Citrus fruit & biscuit flavour. Bitter aftertaste. A good blonde beer.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle on the train from Edinburgh - 08/12/12.
Hazed mid amber with a medium sized off white head that retains well.
Nose is mango, light pine, bitter grapefruit, orange pith.
Taste comprises light pine, mango, orange, citrus fruit, caramel, light sugars.
Medium bodied with soft carbonation leading to a bitter finish.
Decent.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask by handpump at Blue Blazer, Edinburgh - clear golden, good off-white head, grapefruit hop aroma and flavour, good temperature, fruity citrus flavour, medium body
2.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
(Cask at Gallows Bird, 20120908) The beer poured golden and clear. Its head was small and white. Aroma had butter, malts and fruitiness. Palate was medium bodied with low carbonation. Flavours were fruitiness, butter, malts and bitterness. Aftertaste was malty and bitter. Overall impression was musty and the diacetyl pushed through quite heavily.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask at the Gallows Bird, Espoo, Finland.
Slightly cloudy golden colour with tiny white head.
Strange aroma of fruit, diacetyl and gooey malt.
Flavour is not good. Unbalanced.
Fruits, hops, touch of bitterness, malt and some factor x that makes this not so pleasant.
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3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Real Ale tasted at Gallows Bird MICP. Slightly diacetylic nose. Pale head. Golden colour. Slightly lemoney hoppy taste with some sweetness.Also some hints of grapefruit. Hoppy bite at the end.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Light cirtus, grapefruit in the aroma, pretty subdued. Firm bitterness but lacking in hop flavour.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Golden with white head. Grapefruit and light caramel nose. Flavour is sweet citrus with some tropical fruit. Finish is light bitter. Really enjoyed this. I’m enjoying the hop trial series so far.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
I’ve had a few bottles of this now. The first had an inadequate level of carbonation and basically no head. Subsequent bottles have worked out so I’m giving it the benefit of the doubt. Amber with a fair white head. Very nice aroma. Tropical fruit hops. Flavour is malty with characteristic Cascade flair. Pineapple and mango. A sweetness which I very much enjoy. I’m a fan of the range. Sessionable without being over-simplistic.
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