3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask conditioned handpump Racehorse Northampton. A bright gold coloured beer with a white head and lacing. A sessionable beer with a straightforward hop bill. Bits of citrus in there and it’s easy to drink. A little safe though.
4.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Cask at the Lamb & Flag, Oxford on 29th April 2009. Hoppy and packed with flavour, lingering fruit and hop notes intertwining in a deliciously spectral chord of flavour. Worth pausing between sips to experience the long and satisfying finish
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at the Nut Tree, Murcott, Oxon 02-04-09 Pours golden with small white head, good clarity. Crisp and with a good bitter hoppiness but this is also quite dry and fairly malty some sweetness hangs around but even though its doesn’t come across as a bitter beer its surprising how long that bitterness stays for. Decent beer and glad that I’ve finally found it, in my local of all places. Following a conversation with Ian Mackey at Vale I have a feeling that the recipe for this may have been tweaked recently, though I may be getting that confused with another one of their beers. A7 A4 F7 P4 OV14 3.6
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask handpump @<a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/Places/ShowPlace.asp? target=_new> The Nags Head, Reading RG1, England.
Clear light to light medium yellow orange color with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, grain, fruity. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (040508)
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask at the Whey Pat Ale Festival, St Andrews. Nose is hoppy and citrus with a bit of fustiness in the nose. Mouth continues down a similar vein, with quite a crisp bite of hops at the end with a touch of spice. OK.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Different label than the one in the picture, but it was malty, very nice, but it has some bitter features. VEry nice.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask Handpump at the Penny Black, Northwich (JDW) 15/04/2005
Golden coloured and hoppy. Crisp on the palate with a slightly dry malt finish.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask conditioned @ Giddy Bridge (JDW), Soton. Citric resiny hops. Light and refreshing.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
JDW, Maidstone. A beautifully fresh and well balanced Golden Ale with an interesting and sharp cats’ pee aroma. Soft juice moves into a grapefruit finish. Cuts cleanly through the thirst with a vanilla feel in the middle before the woody citric finish. Glorious!
2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask Conditioned at The Bishop Blaize, Burdrop, Oxon. Thin Golden ale, slightly sour and ciderlike. Very watery beer particularly for this ABV.
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