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

Shared with Dan and Grumbo. Aroma is of caramel, banana and wheaty. Taste of candied fruit and wheat. Not one of my favourites of the day.

16/06/2011. GREAT WELSH BEER & CIDER FESTIVAL, City Hall, Cathays Park, CARDIFF, Cardiff, Wales

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

19/6/2021. Bottle shared with Dan & ITFCfan at the Euro's beer share. From the brewery direct. Pours clear bright gold with a small frothy white head. Aroma of caramel, sweet malt, mashed fruits, yeast, grain, touch of banana. Medium sweetness, light bitterness. Moderate body, slight oily and watery texture, soft carbonation. Okay.

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

330ml bottle [courtesy of Grumbo - thank you very much, ffrind!]. Clear, dark yellow-ish golden colour with small to average, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Sweet-ish, pale malty and fruity hoppy aroma, rather unspecific fruity hints of yellow berries, yellow stone fruit, a minimally artificial touch of pineapple, grassy and floral overtones. Taste is sweet-ish, pale malty and fruity hoppy, diluted hints of yellow berries, yellow stone fruit, a minimally artifical, white jelly bear-like touch of pineapple, some hop bitterness, grassy and floral overtones. Light body, watery texture, smooth and soft palate, fine and soft to flat carbonation. Light, refreshing, almost a bit insipid, though - OK.

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

Cask (handpump) @ GWBCF2011 - Great Welsh Beer and Cider Festival, Cardiff Interantional Arena, Mary Ann Street, Cardiff, Wales.Clear medium yellow colour with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, sewer, fruity, sweet mash. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration, acrid, fruity, pale malt. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20110616]

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask@GWBCF 2011. Golden colour, small head. Aroma is sulphur, wood and mild vanillaish notes. Flavour is grass, floral hops, some malts and mild notes of sulphur.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask conditioned at the Great Welsh Beer & Cider Festival, Cardiff 16/6/2011. Golden coloured with a slight white head. Light, grassy hop and savoury malt aroma. Flavour of weetabix, a touch of fruit leading to a decent bitter finish. Fine.