26/07/2017. HOLYROOD 9a, 9a Holyrood Road, EDINBURGH, City of Edinburgh, Scotland

5.8

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

Cask (gravity) @ NBF 2017 [ The 42th. Nottingham Beer Festival (The 10th Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival) ], Nottingham Castle, Friar Lane, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 6EB.

[ As Hybrid Street Legal ].
ABV: 4.7%. Clear medium orange yellow colour with a small, fizzy, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt, fruity malt, citrus, light earthy. Flavor is moderate sweet and light moderate bitter with a long duration, citrus, pineapple, earthy, sweet malt, pale malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20171014]
6-2-6-3-12

5.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Keg at the Beerhouse, Bury St Edmunds. Dark gold, cloudy with very little head. Papaya, touch of ammonia in the light aroma. Sharp bitter/sour taste. Carbonation soft, almost flat. A passable but not particularly engaging pale ale.

7.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

2nd Beer on a random tasting session with myself at home on 21st July 2017. 330ml bottle poured into a Duvel glass, off-white head, soon a wisp and collar, clean and clear amber body. The aroma is a strong blend of maltiness, hedgerow fruits, gooseberries and earthiness. Taste is an interesting and complex blend of flavours: semi-sweet malty molasses battle it out with gooseberry and woody notes. Different and fun.

6.1

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

Bottle from Aldi, Inverurie. It pours crystal clear pale gold with a medium white head. The aroma is soft, quite clean, white bread, malt loaf, sweet lemon and gooseberry. The taste is crisp, clean, straw, lemon, soda water, touch grainy, biscuit and hint of gooseberry with a dry finish. Light+ body and and average carbonation. A bit light really. It’s ok, but could been done with being punchier.

6.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

330ml bottle. Clear, golden with a thin white head. Mild fruit aroma, flavour is soft fruit, caramel, biscuit

7.2

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask at Nobles. Pours clear golden orange with a thin white head. Aromas of orange peel and faint malt. Taste is bitter orange and biscuit. Decent.

6.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at the standing order. Pours clear golden, nose is grassy, herbal, toffee, taste is sweet, fruity, citrus, dry finish.

7.8

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

Cask at standing order... Golden.. Big white head... Dry fruits nose... Long orange fruits.. Light dry bitter fr... Juicy fruits finish... Just quite drinkable

7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

On cask at the Standing Order. Appearance - golden amber with a decent head. Nose - citrus and grassiness. Taste - lemon barley water with a herby edge. Palate - light to medium bodied with a creamy texture and a long dry finish. Overall - good APA.