Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Cask at the Broomfield Tavern, Coventry, 22/04/15. Copper to amber with a decent off white covering. Nose is toffee, light spice, biscuit malt. Taste comprises caramel, perfumed note, vanilla, light fruit. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close. Ok bitter.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
18th April 2015: gravity poured half-pint at the Stourbridge CAMRA Beer Festival. Light amber to golden body with a tight white head. Another citrus flavoured golden ale I’m sorry to say. Eldorado and Citra hops I believe were used, hence the citrusy flavours, some tropical fruit notes almost saved it from being ’run of the Mill’.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
3rd beer in my ’home alone’ tasting evening on 14th Mar 2015. 500ml bottle poured into a UK pint sleeve, it looked lovely, a clear light amber body with a full and lasting white foamy head. Malty based nose with a splattering of hoppiness easing into the aroma: the taste similar. The malts do rule the flavours but only just, this is nicely balanced and easy to drink. Another winner from Wales!
BlackHaddock (17284) reviewed Thunderbird from Glamorgan Brewing Company 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Cask pint in The Plough, Shifnal on 15th Oct 2014. Creamy head on an amber body, good lacing too. Mild hop bitterness in the aroma and taste, bready malts balance the beer nicely. I liked it.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at the Gatekeeper, Cardiff. Pours golden with small white head. Malty fruity caramel aroma. Sweetish malty flavor with bitter finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at The Gatekeeper, Cardiff. Pours amber with small white head. Malty caramel and fruity aroma. Fruity and toffee flavor.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Cask @ No Sign Bar, Swansea. Reddish copper, with a white head. Aroma of chocolate, cherries and crystal malt. Sweet with slight bitter to balance. A bit of fruity sourness on the way down. Long balanced finish. Grows on you throughout pint. I have said before that this brewery reminds me a bit of pre-Coors Sharp’s, not a bad thing at all in my opinion.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Cask @ No Sign Bar, Swansea. Pours copper with a bit of head. Aroma of crystal malt and blueberries. Sweet fruity but balanced initial taste which is followed by a bitter finish. Pleasant lingering aftertaste. Refreshing but not so much flavour.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask @ Pub, Leicester. Dark Coca-cola brown with quickly-disappearing beige head. Faint aroma of coffee and chocolate truffle. Taste is a pleasant sweetness which has a slightly more sour finish. Not much in the palette. A good but rather forgettable beer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Cask @ March Hare, Dunton. Amber colour with very little head. Moderate lacing. Aroma of orange blossom honey and crystal malt. Taste: wow. This is a lot like pre-Coors Doom Bar: a fruity, woody sweetness turning drier to a bitter finish. Lipsmackingly good.