14/10/2005. LORD ARTHUR LEE, 100-108 West Street, FAREHAM, Hampshire, England (WETHERSPOONS)

5.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Oct 2009: Brown 500ml bottle, just out of date, poured into a UK pint sleeve glass. Amber-copper in colour, clear and fairly bright. The head retension was very poor, it left before it arrived. A mild hop smell, some toffee too. The toffee hints were in the flavour as well. Malty aftertaste took over from the toffee feel. Maris Otter barley, Fuggles and Goldings are the hops used. It’s name ’Huffkin’ comes from the Kentish tea cakes which are often flavoured with hops!

6.8

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

Cask. Amber colour with a small off-white fluffy head. Aroma is malty, nutty, caramelly with some wooden and mildly toasted notes. Flavour is nutty, mildly chocolaty with some toffee and sweet malts. Floral and quite wooden aftertaste.

6.4

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

[Cask at Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading] Chestnut, slight creamy head. Treacle and green leaf aromas, leading into an earthy leaf-mulch finish with a slight bitterness. Generally quite sweet, but somehow the right sort of ale for autumn.

5.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 5

Cask at the Hope Tap (JDW), Reading. Copper with a thin cream head; fruity aroma of brambles and apples; light and fruity flavour at first then becoming floury; and lacking finish. Disappointing.

6.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

Bottled. A deep amber beer with a lazing tan head. The aroma has notes of malt, caramel, and toffee. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and toffee, leading to a dry finish. The body is light.

5.6

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

Bottle. Pours a dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty malty nutty caramel aroma. Roasted malty chocolate and nutty flavor. Has a fruity malty slightly roasted nutty finish.

6.1

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

Clear amber with a med white head. Sweet malty aroma with diacetyl and rye bread. Flavour was sweet with rye bread, malty and caramel notes. Finished sweet.

5.9

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

Bottle 50 cl. Clear dark amber golden with a firm beige head. Fresh and lightly fruity nose. Thin body, light nutty accents and some fruit. Finishes dry. A little low in carbonation. 260309