15/04/2009.LIBERTY BOUNDS, 15 Trinity Square, LONDON, EC3, England (WETHERSPOONS)

6.6

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

16th May 2009
Spoons Fest. Clear amber - brown beer. Semi soft and dry palate. Subltle but persistent lemon citrus along with red tangy fruits. A little malt dryness and hop bitterness at the end. Nicely done.

6

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

Cask (gravity) @ The Bankers Draft, 1–3 Market Place, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England S1 2GH.Clear medium to dark amber color with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, spicy, moderate hoppy, citrus, orange, fruity. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090419]

6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

[Gravity cask at Back of Beyond, Reading] Attractive ruby-bronze colour. Sweet and malty at first, descends through plummy fruits into rather sour and bitter finish. Ended up liking it a lot less than I first expected. c7

6.6

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

Cask handpull at Samuel Peto, JDW, Folkestone. Chestnut colour, quite a drinkable fruity dark bitter. Some red hedgerow fruit, some spicy hop on end. I thought it was decent and in good condition

7.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

Cask at Counting house Dundee (JDW) in ’Spoons Real Ale Festival, April ’09 ...copper ... thin lacing ... nice light sweet fruit ... quite bright hop ... fruity slightly spicy hops ... juicy quite mellow fruit ... assume the sloes ... light bitterness in linger.

6.6

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

Cask-conditioned at the Robert Fitzharding, Bristol 18/04/09. Deep brown in colour with reddish hints and a slight, off-white head. Decent fruity aroma, with some sweet malts. Sloes were only evident in the dryness of the flavour, which was vaguely fruity and slightly acidic, before giving way to a very long, dry finish with some hops thrown into the mix. Good.

5.9

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

Cask at the Samuel Peto (JDW), Folkestone. Reddish brown with a thin off-white head; fruity aroma - reminds me of a G&T - that’ll be the sloes then. Dry acidic fruit flavour, rather thinly bodied, with a dry bitter finish. Different and refreshing.