Grand Slam

Cask at the Outlook, Reading. Light amber with a thin white head. Caramel, lemon and a good earthy bitterness in the finish. Well balanced and quite satisfying. Not amazing, but certainly much better than a sports tie-in beer from a GK-owned brewery has any right to be.

Cask at the Wharf 010315. Golden colour with some off-white bubbles. Aroma is fruit, malt, apple. Flavour is fruit, malt, hop, apple, pine, grapefruit, caramel. Ordinary beer.

Pint from the Three Horseshoes, Waddington. Rather dull bitter, Amber colour, aroma of sweet malts, and a slight bitter taste.

Cask at the Wharf. A clear deep golden beer with some white bubbles on top. Malt dominates the aroma, with some pine cones and grapefruit. Caramel notes. It’s medium bodied and semi-dry on the palate, with a very soft carbonation. Some caramel malts and a little bitterness in the flavor. Some pine cones too. Long piney finish. 150301

Cask@Charlies Bar, Copenhagen - amber coloured pour with a medium off-white head. Aroma and taste is toasty malty, some caramel, butterscotch, some herbal hoppy notes, bitter finish. Average to ok.

Cask handpull at the Six Bells, Cambridge. Dark gold/copper, with a decent sized static off-white head. Citrus hop, plywood, a bit of sulphur in the aroma. Bitter taste, with some hard citrus sourness at the end. A pleasantly above average bitter.

Cask at Tavern, 21st March 14. Pretty citrusy, easy drinking ale, ok for a light ale

Served from cask dispense into a plastic oversized UK pint glass at the ’Quinns Head’ pub inside the Twickenham Stoop Rugby stadium during half time of the Harlequins vs London Irish (Feb ’12) Taking off my ’not a big fan of GK family’ blinkers I reviewed this beer and made my notes from the quiet moments of the 2nd half! Pours a clear golden colour with a large pure white frothy head. Malts and a light caramel come over in the nose but in general not a particularly aromatic beer! Was expecting the ’blandometer’ to be rather high after smelling but I was wrong, this beer does have a decent little hoppy punch to it! Citrus hops come across well, along with toffee/caramel in the background and nice zingy aftertaste with a little lemon. Thinnish body, slightly watery but overall I thought this beer stood up fairly well!

Cask. Frothy white good mostly lasting head. Dark yellow colour. Light malty and hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate.

Tap @ The Phoenix, London. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are malt, fruits, berries and bitter hops. Nice and smooth with a bitter finish.