3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask Conditioned at The saye & Sele Arms, Broughton, Oxon. Golden beer with white bubbly head. Light refreshing quaffing bitter, hoppy, grassy and easy drinking. Nice summer beer, quite complimentary to food for a great Sunday afternoon. Enjoyable.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask conditioned @Humble Plumb, Soton. Good Fruity straw and zest on nose. Fruity in mouth with tasty fresh maltiness and relaxed but insistent bitterness.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask, Far From The Madding Crowd, Oxford. Nice straight-up gold, white head. Soft marmalade aroma with a little musky touch. Essence of sunflower, yellow, pollen. A little grapefruit peal, light toasty malt. An honest, pleasant beer.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at the 3Bs, Reading. Honey aroma; gold with a low cream head; flavour is citrus but not too sharp; a very pleasing honey finish. Excellent.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask conditioned - NBC Club Northampton. A golden coloured bitter with good white head and lacing. There is a lot of acetyl in the nose. The taste is very full and tasty with again butterscotch notes - which I like. A good beer.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask, gravity Merton Summer Beer Festival, July 7th 2006 restrospectively added from notes Amber in colour, small head, good hoppy nose, juicy fruity and really rather tasty, some sweet honey lingers in there but nice beer.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: OCT 5, 2009 Cask - The Hop Pole Aylesbury. Golden summer ale, strong hop aroma ( Cascade? ) defineately US hops. Well balanced
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Clockwork. Aroma is hints of citrus and floural hops over a caramel malty base. Taste is good balanced citrus hop, juicey fruit and hints at honey.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask-conditioned at the Bag O’Nails, Bristol 14/6/07. Golden with a slight white head. A decent session beer with aromas of fruity malt followed by a touch of caramel flavour and a dry finish. Easy drinking.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Considering the style, Scores ranging from 1 to 5, 5 being the most intense
Appearance:
Body: Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 2 Pale Yellow(1)->Dark brown(5) : 3 Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 2
Head: None(1)->Large(5) : 2 White(1)->Tan(5) : 2 Lasting: 1 Lacing : 1
Aroma:
Intensity : 3
Yeast : 2 Bread : 2 Apple : XX Tropical Fruits : XX Soap : XX DMS : XX Diacetyl : XX Sulfur : XX
Malt : 3 Biscuity : 2 Hay : 3 Toasty : XX Caramel : XX Nuts : XX Honey : XX Cereals : 1 Grainy : 2
Hops : 3 Noble(1)->American(5) : 1 Leafy : XX Spicy : 2 Floral : 3 Lemon/Lime : 2 Grapefruit : XX Orange : XX Herbal : XX Grassy : XX Pine/Spruce/Resin : XX
Notes : Peach/Apricot : XX Earth : XX Mint : XX Butterscotch : XX Smoke : XX
Flavor:
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3 Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3 Sourness : XX Bitterness : 2 Complex : XX Length : XX
Palate:
Light(1)->Full(5) : 2 Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 2 Clean : XX Sharp : XX Watery : XX Oily : XX Chalk : XX Astringent : XX Alcohol : XX Mineral : 1 Oxidation : XX Metallic : XX
Comments: Citrusy, fresh ale with a good balance of bright hops.
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