18/05/2008. BAG OF NAILS, 141 St. Georges Road, Hotwells, BRISTOL, Bristol, England (FREE HOUSE)

5.9

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

Bottle from Gloucester Services, M5 motorway. Amber with next to no head. Ale with a very light fruitiness in both aroma and taste, with a fuller, very palatable texture.

6.1

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

500ml bottle from Gloucester Services. Amber coloured with a slight, off-white head. Aroma of fruity malt with some caramel. Flavour was sweet, with more caramel and a short bitter finish.

5.6

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

Bottle. Pours a slightly hazy golden pale amber color with a small off-white head. has a fruity malty grainy aroma with weak hints of caramel. Fruity malty grainy caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty grainy caramel finish.

7.1

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

Bottle at a ChrisO Tasting - London. Pours clear, rich gold with a frothy, white foam head. Big doughy malt nose with faint caramel notes. Light to medium sweet flavor with some spicy pine, toasty dough, mellow caramel. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Pretty sweet to finish, lightly sticky, more spicy pine, maybe some black pepper. Kind of interesting, actually.

6.5

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

Hand-pulled pint in The Green Man: the club bar at Forest Green Rovers football ground. An hour before Grimsby Town beat them on 5 Mar 2013. Sadly it was poured into a plastic ’glass-like’ container. An off-white head of foam sat on top of an amber/old gold body. Aroma is both fruity and earthy with a mild biscuity undertone. The taste was also on the fruity side with a semi-sweet caramel feel to the overall flavour: it had a short bitter finish and I would gladly have had another if I hadn’t been driving. My first beer from this brewery: hope it isn’t the only one I get to try.

5.8

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

Bottle 500ml.Clear medium amber orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, spicy, sweet spicy, pepper notes. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, black pepper, toffee. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120506]

6.8

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

Bottled. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is fruity, a bit peppery along with some slight wooden notes. Flavour is quite fruity and floral with mild honey and some peppery notes. Nice peppery finish and aftertaste. Very pleasantly balanced.

5.5

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

Bottled at Stockholm Beer Festival. Near clear amber, small head. Fruity black pepper aroma. Mid sweet with clean, rounded mouthfeel and fairly light body. Faint caramel, low on hops, mild but evident black pepper flavour.