Cask (handpump) @ 33th Pigs Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2016, at The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, England. [ As Truman’s / Colchester Cahoots ].Clear medium to dark brown amber colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing to lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, dark malt, nutty, sweet malt. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average to long duration, sweet malt, dark malt, nutty, earthy notes. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20161129] 6-4-6-3-12

29th November 2016
Pig’s Ear Fest. Cask. Hazy deep amber beer, small pale tan head. Palate is smooth, semi dry and has decent fine carbonation. Mellow malts, some dark character, a little powdery dark chocolate. Mild fruits. Light dry finish. Fine.

Cask at Pigs Ear ’16, 29/11/16. Mahogany brown with a decent beige cap. Nose is light charr, cocoa, toffee, spice, fruit esters. Taste comprises biscuit malt, bourbon biscuit, toffee, fruit tang, brown bread. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok.

Cask at PE 2016. It pours clear deep red - brown with a medium beige head. The aroma is earthy, twig, wood, leaves, caramel, dried fruits and fruit cake. The taste is dry, bitter, wood, varnish, dried berry, spice, leather, twig, mild astringency with a drying finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Decent enough esb.

Cask gravity at the pigs ear beer fest 2016. A ruby red brown coloured pour with a a speckled off white head. Aroma is tangy nutty twiggy malts, dried apple, burnt toffee, brown sugars. Flavour is composed of earthy burnt sugars, hint of liquorice, burnt nuts. Palate is semi sweet rounded, highish carbonation. Twiggy malts, tangy fruits.

Cask at Pigs Ear 2016 - London. Pours pours clear brown with a frothy, off-white head. Dirty grains in the aroma, dried berries. Light sweet flavour with subtle earthy bitterness, toasted bread, leathery berries, faint cocoa. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Dry finish with further leathery fruits, berries, earth. Decent stuff.