2 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 7/20
Cask conditioned handpump Criterion Leicester 09/05/13. A brown beer with a white bubbly head. Something not right here. Quite rubbery throughout. Heavily grainy too. Just an oddity and also served too cold which never helps.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
cask at reading... copper ...whie head ... soft sweet oaty blackcurrant nose ... soft fruits ... dry toffee ... little orange
2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Tasted 16/4/2013 draught "The Highclere Red House", Hampshire. Poured a clear amber colour with a thin white bubble head that retained OK and laced OK. No aroma detected. Taste of soft malt flavours followed by hops bitterness. Light body, bordering on watery. Long dry finish with some bitterness. OK.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
12th April 2013
Crosse Keys Spoons. Light haze on this amber beer, little off white head. Medium pale malt, dry. Okay bitterish hops. Mild minerals. Tiny bit of citrus. Dry finish. It’s fine.
2.6 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
You can tell I’ve been to a pub in England cuz I’m drinking bitter again. So, this isn’t too bad at all, biscuit, some bitterness in finish. Better for being in a pub I should imagine clouds that look like fish.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask, Leicester Fest 13. Hazy gold with a bubbly head. Aromas are nutty with grain, biscuit and floral notes. Low oranges with earthy spices. Flavours are Weetabix malts with hints of lemon and some metal. Spicy with toasted malts and hints of apple. Pretty drinkable.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask conditioned at Far From the Madding Crowd, Oxford. Gold to amber with white head. Quite a malty bitter, dry and fairly nutty in character, there is a touch of hazelnut. Some fruitiness too with a damp, earthy hop note. All in all quite reasonable and drinkable.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask at the Fulflood Arms, Winchester - 09/09/12.
Slightly hazy light copper in appearance with a thin off-white head.
Aroma of vegetables, pea and ham soup, cabbage, stale farts, sulphur.
You couldn’t really escape the aroma in the taste. Twigs, peas, veg - meh!
Medium bodied with low carbonation.
Second beer of the day from Upham, at two different venues, both very poor! Half pint was nowhere near finished between two of us!
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at the Winning Post, Winkfield, Berks. Golden amber with a tight cream head; appertising malty aroma with a touch of spice; light, grainy, malt body, that’s rather thin; then a biscuity finish. Rather good.
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