2.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20 Travlr (17031) - Washington, Washington DC, USA - OCT 7, 2015
Bottle at Shrewsbury tasting Oct 5 courtesy of minutemat, thanks! Murky to cloudy amber color, thin tan head. Aroma of port wine and boiled vegetables. Taste is burnt port wine. Hmmm...
2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20 minutemat (2787) - Shrewsbury, Shropshire, ENGLAND - OCT 6, 2015
500ml bottle @ Shrewsbury Bottle Share, Travlr edition, Oct 15, courtesy of myself, bought in Stori Beer & Wine, Bala. Pours murky brown with bubbly head. Some unfortunate off-flavours, mouldy pine and lemon perhaps with an unwelcome earthy bitter edge. Not sure this was the intended result.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20 BlackHaddock (5113) - Shropshire, ENGLAND - OCT 6, 2015
500ml bottle shared at a Shrewsbury bottle exchange group meeting with Gene as a guest on 5th Oct 2015. Poured a murky brown with a beige head. The Vinegar Fly might have got into the bottle because this had a strange aroma and taste, herbal, earthy and liquorice with malty overtones, sweet and sour at the same time and just plain weird all round. No idea how to score this: no one (six of us) actually liked it, but it was different and almost interesting, so I am being kind with my scores.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20 RichTheVillan (4883) - West Midlands, ENGLAND - SEP 24, 2015
Cask at the Craven Arms; clear coca cola brown pour with a frothy light tan head, sweet malt and toffee aroma, taste had liquorice and dark fruits, some roast malt, ok.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20 jfb (4776) - Freising, GERMANY - SEP 20, 2015
(cask) clear ruby-amber colour with a frothy off-white head. aroma of caramel, dark fruit and frozen peas, with a hint of treebark and cherries. flavour is mostly caramel and light roasted malts, with some more treebark, earth, yeast and a light roasted-bitter finish. medium-bodied with soft carbonation.
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