3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at CBI, London on 21st March 2013. Gold with off-white head and scant lacing. Yeasty, slightly smoky aroma. Richly malty in-mouth with touches of smoke, plenty of fruit and a tad of cheese. Sweetish cheesy finish with smoky touches. Smooth mouthfeel.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask, half pint at New Oxford Winter Ales Festival in Salford. Shared with Finn. Copper-gold body, fragile lacing down the glass. Notes of grapes and fruits to the nose. Grapefruit taste supported by mid-sweet malts. Dry bitter ending. Medium bodied. Likable (Greater Manchester, 27.01.2013).
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask-conditioned at the Seven Stars, Bristol 21/11/2012. Deep amber with a slight white head. Aroma of tangerines and pineapple, with a touch of caramel. Flavour had plenty more fruit, a hint of toffee and lingering, dry finish. Very good.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
From cask at Three Judges. Pours clear and golden orange to amber with a small white head. Aroma is fruity, light peachy and grapefruity hoppy. Smooth peachy to citrusy/mango hops. Bitter, grapefruity and citrusy hoppy. Bitter, crisp and peachy. Bitter and dry finish.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Gravity at Birmingham Beer Festival 2012. Purple grape flavour, sticky and fleshy. It’s a bit weird, but I do like it. Fruity floral aroma too. Chris is on the bar, and he’s always good value.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask by handpump at Blue Blazer, Edinburgh - clear golden amber, fruity hop aroma, fruity citrus flavour, grapefruit, fairly sweet
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask @ Free Trade Inn, Newcastle, 060912
Dark amber, clear, thin bubbly head
Aroma - caramel malts, citrus, grassy hop, soft orange, nice
Taste - more caramel malt here, soft orange, background of bitter hops that goes through to the finish, grassy citrus hops
Palate - soft carb, medium body, oilt texture. FInish of bitter citrus grassy hops and caramel malts
Overall - Good tasting beer
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle, Rehills, Ncl. An unusual beer, in that the aroma is bittersweet, but has buttery notes and even some cheese in there, which did put me in mind of yeastiness. As advertised, the kiwi fruit is certainly there and there’s a nice fruity explosion in the finish, with some zestiness too. Maybe needs a touch of refinement, but good nonetheless
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask, gravity at Dudley Winter Ales Festival Sat 26th November 2011 with Bob Pours gold a little hazy with a white head. I think on day one this may have been a cracker but day three and it has started to wilt a little, despite this it is still one of the better beers that I’ve had here today. Little soapy hops in mouth with the fruitiness shows but its not as crisp as I guess it could and would have been, Likeable. A6 A3 T7 P3 Ov14 3.3
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask @ the brewery #twissup 12/11/11 Hazy pale blonde beer with aroma of kiwi and ango. full of tropical fruit with gentle mouthfeel and plenty of bitterness in the finish. Very refreshing
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