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Rich and malty

7.3

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

Half pint from a cask. Pours opaque brown with a small light brown head. Aroma is toffee, nuts, wood. Taste is medium sweet, nuts, toffee. Light bitter finish.

6.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Cask at GBBF '19, day one, 06/08/19. Clear golden amber with a decent egg shell white head. Nose is fruit esters, airy malts, brown bread. Taste comprises fruit slice, straw, grains, biscuit. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close, Ok bitter.

6.5

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

Cask, dispensed my own fair hands - Terry would be proud, at the brewery, 08/11/19. Clear copper with a well presented off white cap. Nose is biscuit, toffee, dried fruits, straw. Taste comprises biscuit malt, caramel, brown bread, fruit esters, light hedgerow. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close with a light bitter edge. Satisfying bitter.

6.2

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

[ On tap at the brewery.] A chestnut pour with a thin white head; fruity aroma; earthy malt taste with some caramel; and drier finish with a touch of spice.

6.1

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

500ml bottle from Wynard Hall Shop, as the Snaffling Pig Co. Blonde Light Golden Beer 4.3%. Pale yellow gold colour, large stable white foamy head leaving lacing and aroma of citrus, metallic. Taste is pale malt, some grain & biscuit, sweetish with citrusy hop bitterness. Light bodied, soft carbonatioon, dry bitter finish. Quite OK

6.4

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

330ml bottle [courtesy of Grumbo - cheers Graham!]. Jet black colour with average to huge, frothy to creamy, slowly osteoporosing, minimally lacing, beige head. Roasty dark malty aroma, minimally metallic, hoppy overtones with a touch of iron, rust, hints of coffee. Taste is bitter, roasty dark malty, hints of coffee, a minimally grainy touch of coffee surrogate, more metallic than fruity metallic, hoppy overtones with a touch of iron - blueberry in homoeopathic dosis; minimally watery. A bit anaemic overall.

6.6

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

[Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell.] A pale amber pour with a tight white head; citrus aroma; bready body with a traditional English twiggy hop bitterness; and a slightly earthy citrus finish. Rather good.