2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
A - Fruity with light caramels
A - Dark gold with thin head
T - Slightly sweet with little bitter
P - Medium to thin with a lack of smoothness for a bitter
O - average at best
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask at Ye Olde Mitre. Clear light amber, average off-white frothy head. Grass and heather aroma - a bit papery. Taste is harsh - paper and a bit butterscotchy - dry, no alcohol. Average mouth, astringent, a bit harsh. Meh
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at the Grape and Grain, Crystal Palace. Clear amber pour with a white head. Peach. orange peel and mango infused nose. Quite a fruity aroma. Citrus tang with plenty of fruity hop flavours. Classic session ale.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at the Joiners Arms, Croydon. It pours clear amber, with a thin foamy head and soft carbonation. The nose is caramel, hay, grass and bread. The taste is wood, grass, hay, cherry, caramel and chalk, with an astringent woody finish. An okish bitter that is not particularly bitter.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at The Crown, Shorts Garden, London. Fruity aroma with yeasty notes. Fruity hoppy flavor, apples and grapes. Balanced simple beer.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
draught in Ely, Cutter Inn, nice hoppy aroam, golden, clear, minimal head, medium bitterness, good balanced, nice and smoothy beer,slick feel, good choise
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
2nd October 2007
Warning! Early amateur rating! Creamy and smooth with mild citric hop. Not bitter - easy drinking.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at Compleat Angler, Norwich, England.
Clear deep golden colour with tiny white head.
Some sourness and fruity hops in aroma.
Fruity hops, yeast and some malt in flavour.
Very drinkable.
2.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Half Pint at the Manor in Bracknell. Amber, mild with a bitter aftertaste. Its alright but I could live without it.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask @ The Stockbridge Tap. Dark golden colour, white head. Aroam is light malty, light fruity. Flavour is malty, fruity, citrus. Little bitterness.
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