3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Dark golden colour. Mild malty aroma with quite a lot of honny. The taste is dry with a peppery feel. Slightly bitter with a finishing helping of honny.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
[cask at JDW] Fruity sweet nose, tropical fruit, peaches. medium body, sweet finish.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
(Cask at Lamb, Bloomsbury, London, 1 Aug) Colour is amber with small head. Nose is fruity with notes of orange, apricots and honey. Taste is fruity with orange (orange marmelade actually), honey sweetness throughout and a touch of earthy (Youngs trademark) hops in the finish to balance the sweetness. Balanced and rather nice.
2.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Cask @ Founders Arms, London. Clear amber colour with no head. Malty aroma with some weak hints of honey. Fruity malty flavor. Fruity aftertaste with some hints of honey.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask@Wargrave Arms, London.
Amber color, not much head. Malty nose with some sweetness in it. Bitter-harsh flavor - some fruits (red grapes) and long harsh/bitter aftertaste. Medium-bodied and malty. A drop of honey sweetness in the aftertaste.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at Morpeth Arms London SW1 27 Apr 06. Yellow golden colour. A tiny head. Very fruity with hints of honey. Sourish bitter aftertaste.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Pint pulled at The Alma in Wandsworth (London), a clear golden amber with only some film for head. Some honey in the aroma, but more musty than anything. A smokey mustiness in the flavour as well, some honey flavours left on the front of the tongue. Was very dry and also pretty ’flat’, maybe would have a bit more to it when fresh or from the bottle.
1.4 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 6/20
Cask : The Princess of Wales, Wimbledon. This was much better brewed by Vaux. Its to rich, yet lacks body at the same time
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
1. Cask Handpump at the GBBF, Kensington Olympia 03/08/2001
Golden coloured sweet and rich on the palate. Bitter hop finish.
2. Cask Handpump at the Mill Hotel, Chester 10/03/2002
Amber golden coloured and sightly rich on the palate. Fruit flavour. Some bitterness in the finish.
3. Cask Stillage at the Old Broken Cross, Rudheath 11/07/2002
Amber coloured and slightly sweet on the palate. Strong in alcohol. Some dryness in a malt finish.
4. Cask Handpump at the Old Broken Cross, Rudheath 15/07/2002
Amber golden coloured and slightly sweet on the palate. Malt finish.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask@Charlies. Golden with small white head. Aroma has notes of appels and sweetness. Taste has some hints of appel and a bitter sweet end.
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