5.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 5
Cask@GBBF 2009. Golden color, small white head. Hayish hoppy nose. Cut grass hoppy, honeyish flavor. Grapefruity aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Aug 2009
at 14:23
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask@GBBF2009. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is vanilla, wood, some fruits, mild floral hops as well as some earth. Flavour is quite much the same. Aftertaste has a quite bittery fruityness.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Aug 2009
at 01:51
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (handpump) @ Crescent, Manchester, England. @ [ RBESG 09 ]Clear medium orange color with a average, fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, toffee, butter. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090718]
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Jul 2009
at 17:22
4.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 3.5
Cask at Crescent, Manchester, RBESG 09. Clear gold, thin beige head. God that smells terrible, blue cheese, not good in mouth, rubber and blue cheese
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Jul 2009
at 11:25
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask (handpump) @ The Star Inn, Huddersfield, England. @ [ The Star Inn Summer Beer Festival ]... Deep ruby ... big toffee nose ... nice sweet fruity malt toffee.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Jul 2009
at 14:33
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (handpump) @ The Star Inn, Huddersfield, England. @ [ The Star Inn Summer Beer Festival ]Clear dark amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, chocolate, vanilla. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090716]
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Jul 2009
at 08:43
3.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 3
Flavor 4
Texture 2
Overall 5
RBESG Sheffield 2009, day 3, The Crescent, Manchester. Cask. Clear golden colour, white head. Aroma of butter, sweet malts. Flavour is watery, butter, bitter drying finish. Thin, empty palate.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Jul 2009
at 07:10
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Ok... in a departure from normal rating... due to the INCREDIBLY high number of BLOND ales during the Shefiled trip that all blended into one another im breaking them down into three catagories Catagory A : Golden Yellow ... light fruity lemon hop nose ... soft dull light lemon hop Catagory B : Amber ... light dry lemon hop ... soft light lemon hop with a little malt in background Catagory C : Amber ... soapy lemon nose ... light brigh lemon hop Catagory D : Amber ... light grassy lemon hop ... dry grassy lemon hop Catagory E : Amber ... light grapefruit hop ... again light hop with a little grapefruit This is a Catagory D @ theCrescent Manchester
Tried
on 22 Jul 2009
at 02:27
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
RBESG Sheffield 2009. Handpump at The Star Inn Summer Beer Festival, Huddersfield. Dark amber colour, off white head. Aroma of butterscotch and butter. Flavour is malty, butterscotch, a bit fruity, light bitter finish.
Tried
on 21 Jul 2009
at 14:58
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Cask @ the Crescent, Manchester. Blonde. Butter and flowery hops in the aroma. Buttery, but also a firm earthy hopbitter flavor, banging on in the aftertaste. Diacetyl all over, therefore disappointing.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Jul 2009
at 12:46