01/05/2010. QUEENS HEAD, 30 Lower Anchor Street, CHELMSFORD, Essex, England (CROUCH VALE)

7.6

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

On tap at Bir&Fud Rome-Italy (I think handpump but not sure). Pors dark amber with reddish highlights, clear with a tick medium ivory brownish head. Nose: dry fruit, nuts, dust. Some coffee background. Mouth: a rich mild beer, nuts, burnt malts, astringent end. Very tasty!

7

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

Cask at Tap East after velodrome session. Nice but brown / ruby red coloured pour with a lasting cream coloured head. Aroma is nice Moorish fruit and nuts, dried raisin, red berry, rum, little vanilla. Flavour is layered nutty, caramel, raisin, varnish. Little solvent on the tongue. Solid flavoursome mild. Palate is medium sweet, medium bodied with low to average cask condition. Enjoyable mild.

7.8

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

Cask at cloisters. Pours dark ruby brown with a thin tan head. Aromas of red fruits, caramel, chocolate. Taste is rich chocolate, red fruits, nutty too. Fruity, but dry finish. Lovely.

6.8

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

Cask at the Cask, Pimlico, 16/06/14. Mahogany brown with reddish hues and moderate light tan edgework. Nose is malty, nutty, dark fruit rind, tobacco, light cocoa. Taste comprises fruit loaf, earthy rinse, more tobacco, dark fruit peel, faint tea leaves. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, semi drying close. Ok mild, plenty of flavour for the style but so it should at 6%!

6.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at The Brewers Arms, Lewes, East Sussex. An amber/red coloured pour with a medium white head on top. Fruity, malty, caramel aroma. Tastes similar, fruity, malty, caramel, slightly sweet.

7.6

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

On cask at the Stockbridge Tap. Appearance - dark amber to chestnut with lovely red chinks. Nice creamy head - perfect. Nose - biscuits caramel and liquorice. Taste - chocolate caramel biscuits with a hint of spice. Palate - medium bodied with a creamy yet crunchy texture and a balanced dry finish. Overall - great stuff though I’d say this was an ESB rather than a Mild

7.2

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

21st May 2012
Old Fountain. Clear red - brown beer, nice pale tan head. Smooth palate, slightly soft and with just a touch of dryness. Creamy malt, a little dry. Mild toffee and a mild fruity tang undrneath with equally mild red berry fruits. Smooth finish. Nice mild!

6.9

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

Cask @ O’Connell’s Irish Pub
Forms a head, which is suprising for a real ale. Rather light aroma with sweet malt and caramel. Flavour is malty, slightly spicy and rather rich. Did not expect this kind of richness from a real ale.

7.4

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

Cask at the Craft Beer Co. It pours hazy dark brown, with a thick, fluffy beige head and low carbonation. The nose is leather, wood, roasted malt, chocolate and toffee. The taste is sweet caramel, milk chocolate, brown sugar, ripe dark fruit, decent bitterness, roasted malt, wood, polish and leather, with a dry finish. A very flavoursome mild.