24/05/2011. BATTLE AXES, Bristol Road, WRAXALL, North Somerset, England (FLATCAPPER)

7.2

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

--Cask at Alehouse, Reading. -- Clear copper colour. Bready leafy nose. Mid dry with medium body and well rounded mouthfeel. Leafs and tobacco. Mid bitter finish.

6

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

Cask at The Orange Tree, Chelmsford. Pours amber with a very small off-white head. Aroma of hop, citrus, caramel and malt. Moderate sweetness and bitterness. Light body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Fair.

6.2

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

Cask @ The Orange Tree, Chelmsford. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are caramel, hops, fruits, flowers and malt. Sweet light hoppy finish.

5.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Half-pint, cask ale at Orange Tree in Chelmsford. A nitro white head to a amber coloured body. Lacing rings down the glass. Smell of dried fruits and brown malts. Blended taste profile of caramel, apricot and orange. Bittersweet endnotes. Standard bitter version (Shared with Cunningham 19.02.2017).

5.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Hazy dark golden color with a off white head that gives a fine lacing. Good intensity in the aroma. Medium body and a soft carbonation level. Decent balance between sweetness and bitterness. Fruity, caramel malty and quite herbal/grassy flavor. Quite session able and easy drinkable bitter.
[Handpull at Orange Tree in Chelsford, England]

5.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at Prince of Wales, Farnborough. Floral yet sour aroma. Dark amber. Thin and blotchy white head. Sweet with a rise and fall of bitterness. The hops cut through the caramel. Light and watery. Long finish. Another beer that’s certainly sessionable if not memorable.

6.2

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

On tap at the Three Horseshoes, Waddington. Light Amber colour with a white head. Malty caramel aroma and taste. Light sweet aroma. Medium body.

4.8

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

Cask at Lord Clifden; Clear amber pour with a light tan head, malty aroma, taste has light citrus, big malts and some digestive biscuits.

5.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Cask at Angleterre, Helsinki. Originally rated 14072012. Colour is clear orange with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Fruits, sweetness, bitterness and malts.