fonefan (84534) reviewed Against The Grain from Wold Top 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 09, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.Clear medium yellow orange color with a small to average, fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, grain, toasted, chlorine, fruity, light hoppy, citrus. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration, chlorine. Body is medium to light, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20090804]
cagarvie (40076) reviewed Mars Magic from Wold Top 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
Bottle at home ... copper thin thin head ... metallic fruity hop ... soft toffee malts ... bitter ...all very bland ... quite poor
Beertalk (16424) reviewed Against The Grain from Wold Top 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Golden with a small white head. Fruity aroma with pear and apple notes. Sweet and fruity flavour
berkshirejohn (10223) reviewed Big Sky from Wold Top 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Gravity dispensed from cask at the Kingston Arms, Cambridge (August Beer Festival). Hazy gold with a ring of white head; aroma of malt and sour fruit; grainy flavour with tart apples; clean bitter finish.
Nightfall (2195) reviewed Veteran Ale from Wold Top 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
[RBESG 2009] Cask (handpump) @ Smithfield Hotel. caramel color , medium off-white head. Fruity hops wth soem caramel, moderate bitterness. Very average.
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Mars Magic from Wold Top 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask@GBBF2009. Deep ambery colour, small beige head. Aroma is caramel, dark fruits, some roast and mild liquorice. Flavour is dark fruits, wood, mild diacetyl as well as some mild chocolate and slightly toasted notes.
TBone (30139) reviewed Mars Magic from Wold Top 16 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Cask@GBBF 2009. Dark nut brown color, tiny beige head. Perfumic aroma with hints of some sweet notes, possibly diacetyl. Licorice, light wood, some diacetyl. Burned malts.
TBone (30139) reviewed Against The Grain from Wold Top 16 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask@GBBF. Golden color, small white head. Lemony, cut grass, fresh wood aroma. Cut grass, lemony flavor. Some sweetness in the finish before grassy hoppy aftertaste. Boring, although clean.
cagarvie (40076) reviewed Veteran Ale from Wold Top 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask (handpump) @ Smithfield Hotel, 37 Swan St, Manchester, Greater Manchester England M4 5JZ.... copper ... fruity toffee little wood nose ... fruity toffee little malt ... wuite swee.
fonefan (84534) reviewed Veteran Ale from Wold Top 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask (handpump) @ Smithfield Hotel, 37 Swan St, Manchester, Greater Manchester England M4 5JZ.Clear medium amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, nutty, smoke - powder sludge, light notes of english licorice maybe anis, moderate hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet, light light malt / fruit licorice acidic and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090715]