10/09/2016. SUSSEX ARMS, 15 Staines Road, TWICKENHAM, Greater London, England

5.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Cask (gravity) @ [ EBF24 2016 ], 24th Egham Beer Festival, Egham United Services Club (EUSC), 111 Spring Rise, Egham, Surrey, England TW20 9PE. [ As Paradigm Watercress Ale ].Unclear matt medium orange colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, sweet malt, herbal, light hoppy, frutiy hops. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration, fruity hops, pale malt, caramel, herbal. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20160804] 5-3-6-3-10

5.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask gravity at the St Albans BEER festival 2016. A hazed golden straw coloured pour with a lasting thin white head. Aroma is grassy, veg, Cucumber, straw. Flavour is composed of dirty Cucumber, grassy, watercress, straw, hint of liquorice. Palate is rough round the edges, moderate carbonation. Ok.

6.2

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Gravity dispense at EBF 24, 04/08/16. Hazed orange amber with a moderately appointed off White covering. Nose is light citric peel, watercress well evident, straw, spice, grains. Taste comprises light mustard seed, less watercress than the nose suggests, straw, light floral, spice. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close. Not one I’d rush back to but drinkable and does what it says on the tin.

6.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask, on gravity at Maidenhead Beer Festival 28/7/2016. Amber in colour, with slight, white, head. Leafy hops, sweetish malts, some hedgerow fruit and a moderately bitter, slightly peppery finish. Ok.

5.2

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Cask gravity @ 24th Egham Beer Festival. Pours a hazy amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty spicy peppery watercress aroma. Fruity malty thin watery peppery watercress flavor. Has a fruity malty thin watercress finish.