8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
500ml Brown bottle, best before Jan 2012: poured into my Abbot Ale glass tankard in April 2012, some three months out of date. Good looking beer: amber and clear, with a full, rocky head of white bubbles. The nose is malty molasses with slight piney notes from the hops. The taste is a crisp blend of semi-sweet maltiness and hop bitterness. Malts rule the initial flavours with the hops arriving later in the mouthfeel as the mouth begins to dry. Easy to drink and although out of date I really enjoyed it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Apr 2012
at 13:18
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Sunday evening: 22 Apr 2012. 500ml brown bottle out of date by a year: Poured into a vase shaped ’Old Speckled Hen’ badged glass (at home). Pale golden body almost lager clear: on top a full and deep white crown of foam. Boadicea and Pilot hops give the aroma a mild peppery feel that just over-shaddows the malted barley and wheat smells. The taste is a refreshingly pleasant blend of the above ingrediants: this is a well balanced brew that I really enjoyed. Full bodied for an English Pale Ale, a tasty beer that went very nicely with my mini Pork Pie.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Apr 2012
at 13:51
6.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ JDW Inverness...golden, clear, static bubbles, thin white head...aroma of soft light citrus malts...hint of peach. Taste of soft pale light citrus hops...golden pale juicy malts...light honey...alcohol well hidden. Palate very soft carb...very smooth...oily texture. Finish as main flavour with a slight zesty bitterness and a hint of cereal. Easy drinking and quaffable ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Apr 2012
at 05:59
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Hand pulled pint in a local pub 10 Nov 2011: Dark ruby red body, almost black unless held up to a light source: on top sat a head that was creamy in colour and texture. The taste and smells were very similar, bittering hops (Styrian Goldings, Millenium and Nugget according to the website) and roasted/toasted malts (Crystal and Chocolate malts). The hops just about won the smelling contest, the malts triumphing in the taste, the beer being slightly malt sweet with some mild hop bitterness in the finish. Easy to drink and the body strength hides the 5.4% ABV nicely.
Tried
on 09 Apr 2012
at 06:58
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask gravity bottled and drunk on way home. Amber english clear bitter colour lasting beige head. Fruity malt aroma. Mid Malty premium bitter that has dome fruit. Some white pepper hop on finish. Decent bitter to be honest.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Apr 2012
at 11:04
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
During Jan 2012 my local Wetherspoons decided to launch a ‘Brewery of the Month’ promotion: that brewery was Limestone. This beer was available on a couple of occasions when I went in, this is a review when I actually had a hand pulled pint. The beer pours a light amber/blonde colour, clear but not bright like a lager: on top a thin white head that tried to stay and leave some lacing. No great smells came from the beer although the Maris Otter Malts gave off a biscuit aroma as the beer warmed a little in the glass. Those biscuit aromas carried on into the taste, with German (Hersbrucker) Hops blending nicely to produce an easy drinking, well balanced pint. The name is a play on Einstein of course: not sure what he would have thought of it? His bust was on the font label.
Tried
on 05 Apr 2012
at 03:01
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at Hamilton Hall, JDW, London. Pours clear gold with a fine foam head. Zesty citrus and straw in the nose. Light to medium sweet flavor with sticky lemon, dry straw and hay, and some light dough. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Medium sweet and dry finish, with lightly earthy and lasting bitterness. A very classic golden ale.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Mar 2012
at 01:20
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Three Guineas, Reading. Chestnut with a loose white head; richly roasted malt aroma and flavour with a lightly hopped finish. Smooth and easy drinking.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Feb 2012
at 05:34
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
500ml bottle. Pours black with a medium head. Aroma is yeasty, roasted malt with some dark berries. Taste is roasty and yeasty throughout with a really dry finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Feb 2012
at 13:59
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Noticeably dry texture, but good healthy tasting bitter with complex fruity aroma.
Tried
on 02 Feb 2012
at 12:09