23/01/2016. COEUR DE LION, 17 Northumberland Place, BATH, Bath & North East Somerset, England (PUNCH)

5.8

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

Cask at the St. Albans Beer & Cider Festival 2017. Pours very slightly hazy dark gold with a small white head. Aroma of very light hop, fruit, malt, floral notes. Medium plus sweetness and light to moderate bitterness. Medium body, slight oily and watery texture, soft carbonation. Bittersweet biscuit finish. Quite lager like.

5.8

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

Cask (gravity) @ NBF 2016 [ The 41th. Nottingham Beer Festival (The 9th Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival) ], Nottingham Castle, Friar Lane, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 6EB. [ As Emal Castra ].Clear medium yellow orange color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt, light hoppy, fruity, UK yeast. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration, sweet malt, fruity malt, pale malt, UK yeast. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20161013] 6-2-6-3-12

6

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

Tried at the Nottingham Beer Festival 2016. Pale amber to golden colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are light malty and fruity hops, with a touch of caramel.

5.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from Gardiner Haskins, Bristol. Slightly hazy and gold in colour, with a thin, white, head. Sweet, malty, nose, with a hint of tangerine and leafy hop. Flavour was similarly sweet, with rich tea malts, a vague fruitiness and gentle finish with a floral touch. Ok.