3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20UPDATED: MAY 22, 2009 Dry hops and malt on the nose, then a big malty Ovaltiney palate with peaches and black treacle on the tongue, dry bitter overtones, then dried fruit and bitter in the aftertaste.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask; chestnut brown, thick tight white head; good lacing; sweet malty aroma; rounded fruit and malt flavour; fairly thin; hop balance; pleasant bitter finish.
2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Mild floral aroma, but more complex nutty flavours within its taste, and has a lingering dry aftertaste.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask @ The Plough & Harrow, JDW, Hammersmith W6. Pours an amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor with bitter hoppy hints. Has a fruity malty bitter caramel finish.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
JDW Inverness....copper red..clear...thin white head...aroma of light citrus hops...Taste of sweet golden malts...bit of citrus hops...orange...zesty...very light roasted malts....bitter hop background...quaffable. Palate - soft carb....thinnish body...bittersweet tang on palate...finish as main flavour...bitter tangy..rather lingering
Overall - Above average bitter
3.3 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Hand pulled at the Man in the Moon (JDW) Stanmore. Copper with a lively white head. Easy drinking bitter with floral notes, subtle English hops and toffee malts.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
On cask. Pours a golden colour with a thin white head. Lemon cheesecake aroma with alcohol and Weetabix malt. Similar flavours. OK.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
cask at standing order ... amber ... thin white head ... soft toffee fruit nose ... light sweet summer fruits ... light pine hop ... ok but uninteresting ... but im coming round to it... as benji says touch of lemon cheesecake... yeah liking it more 3.5-3.7
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
The Felix (JDW), Nuneaton, 13/01/12. Copper capped with off-white. Orange and blackcurrant-hinting aroma. Good juicy fresh hop taste; tangerine peel, lemon zest, berry-like impressions easing into cashew and digestive biscuit. Tangy and balanced.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at the Claude du Vall (JDW), Camberley. Chestnut brown with a scummy looking, off-white head; fruity aroma; fruity flavour; and a dry, earthy finish. Pleasant enough but nothing more.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask by handpump at Counting House, Glasgow on 4 Jan 12 - pours clear brown with a small head, moderate carbonation. Kind of dry bitter aftertaste to this beer. Not one of my favourites.
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