Cask (gravity) @ 32th Pigs Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2015, at The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, England. [ As Clarkshaws Nice Balls ].Unclear matt medium orange amber color with a average, frothy - fizzy and open, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, moderate hoppy, citrus, orange. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration, pale malt, fruity, citrus. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20151202] 6-3-7-3-13

1st December 2015
Pigs Ear Day 1. Cask. Thought this was ’Santa Balls’! Hazy gold - amber beer, small pale cream colour head. Palate is light, semi dry and has modest fine carbonation. Light dry pale malts, little citric peel and ripe citrus. Dry floralness. Dry finish. Okay.

Cask at Pigs Ear 2015, day 1 - London. Pours unclear gold with a creamy, white head. The aroma holds ripening citrus fruits and pale, bready malts. Light to medium sweet flavour with more citrus and bread, offset by a touch of rindy bitterness. Light bodied with fine carbonation; decent condition. Nicely balanced to close out, with notes of tangerine, rind and lightly toasted grains. Not a bad one.

Cask gravity at Pig’s Ear 2015. It pours hazy deep red-amber with a small beige head. The nose is toasted brown bread upfront, then orange peel, kumquat, sweet tangerine, bitter sweet aspect and some cocoa. The taste is toasty, earthy, pretty bitter, charred wood, ash, coffee, cocoa, dark fruits and light spice. Medium body and fine carbonation. Doesn’t have a whole lot of depth to it, but I sort of like it.

Cask at Pigs Ear ’15, 04/12/15. Hazed orange golden with a moderate beige cap that dissipates. Nose is caramel, light fruit, straw, spice. Taste comprises bready malts, light spice, fruit loaf, grain, caramel. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, semi drying close. So very so.