2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20 Cunningham (5946) - Halden, NORWAY - OCT 12, 2015
Amber-ish color with a fine tan head. Bready, fruity and herbal ale. I felt it was a little bit unbalanced. Medium body and soft carbonation. Tad sweet and a moderate bitterness. [On tap at Bittles Bar in Belfast, Northern Ireland]
2.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20 Carlowxxx (123) - Carlow, IRELAND - JUL 11, 2015
Dark amber brown,
Aroma malts,
Taste, some yeast, toffee malts,
Palate - soft carb, medium body, balance.
Finish zest hop linger
Overall - More malty and hoppy
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20 McNeillR (1834) - Edinburgh, SCOTLAND - APR 6, 2015
Lovely vibrant orange, firm and with sleek carbonation tethering nicely to a filmy head and decent wee eggshell ring. Odd spicy BBQd sweetcorn and graininess in the nose - bit of damp sock and cinnamon as it warmed. Initial taste is glossy citrus, rich caramel and leaps of piney backed without being overly confident. Carbonation lifts things enough, long and smooth mouthfeel backs the spiciness well. Finishes lean sweetness, coppery bitter linger and more light and oddly savoury spice. Bottle, Vineyard.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20 nihtila (1946) - Edinburgh, SCOTLAND - MAR 28, 2015
28.1.2015. Pours amber. Aroma is citrus, fruits. Tastes berries, resin. A bit stuffy.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20 triskaideka (245) - Killarney, IRELAND - FEB 11, 2015
50cl bottle - pours brown with white head - aroma is citrus/grassy. Taste is malty with citrussy hops providing bitterness. Pretty good - worth revisiting
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20 Scopey (9796) - Croydon, Greater London, ENGLAND - FEB 1, 2015
Bottle at the Cotteridge Convention 2015. It pours deep brown with a medium beige head. The nose is toasty, grainy, brown bread, earth, dirt and a touch of caramel. The taste is bitter, toasty, earth, charred wood, brown bread, pine and dried fruits. Medium body, moderate carbonation and foamy mouth-feel. Simple, but drinks pretty easy.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20 BlackHaddock (5113) - Shropshire, ENGLAND - JAN 28, 2015
24th Jan 2015: shared bottle at the Cotteridge Wine meet. The label does not lie, this is an amber coloured beer, the head a thin beige offering. The nose was like a cream orange biscuit, malty and fairly sweet. The taste seemed to drop the orange from the biscuit, which remained along with the other malty notes, again fairly sweet, even with the piney, earthy hops that appeared in the flavour. Interesting.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20 Theydon_Bois (13601) - Tourist Town (West), Berkshire, ENGLAND - DEC 28, 2014
Bottle at Mum and Dads, from Callans Dundalk, 24/12/14.
Rich amber hues with a decent beige covering that dissipates to edgework.
Nose is biscuit, hoppy tones, caramel, straw, bitter orange.
Taste comprises biscuit malt, earthy hops, toffee, light pine needle, toasted brown sugar, light cocoa.
Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, semi drying close finishing a little sweet and with some hoppy undertones.
Adequate amber if a touch sweet.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20 jordanni (1) - IRELAND - OCT 31, 2014 does not count
Smooth and tasty Amber, reminding me of early Petes Wicked Ale.
Clean on the palate, with no aftertaste or chemical hints.
Nice. Very easy to drink.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20 stravale (2547) - Near Carrick-on-Shannon, IRELAND - SEP 20, 2014
Bottle from Drinkstore [200914]
Dark amber brown, very hazy to murky, off white frothy head, good lacing
Aroma of sweet fruity malts, soft grapefruit and mango
Taste of caramel malts, soft citrus fruits, some yeast, toffee malts, some bitter grapefruit zest, soft tropical fruits, plenty of flavour here
Palate - soft carb, medium body, fairly sweet malts, good bitter sweet balance. Finish soft sweet tropical fruits, fairly bitter zest hop linger
Overall - More malty and hoppy than usual for an Irish amber, quite decent.
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