Burton Bridge Golden Delicious

Handpulled cask at JDW Hertford. Gold with a thin white head. Sulphery aroma. Light and dusty hoppy finish. Unremarkable but washed down a spoons curry effortlessly.

Cask (Angleterre, Helsinki)
Pale straw, loose head. Simple sweet malty aroma. Some fruit esters - apples. Delicious light crispy fruity taste, plenty of subtle hops. Some slight mushroom savouriness. Tasty. Needs a more prominent aroma to shine.

Burton Bridge Inn, Burton. Gulpable session bitter with a swift dusty finish. A little warm and buttery, but decent enough.

The Sir Robert Peel, Tamuff, initially flat and headless as a pint of squash. Bright gold with a dissipating collar of suds. Nose overwhelmingly egg to begin with, then musty green hoppiness once it’s warmed up. Lemony/orange hops, sulphur, peanut, lingering buttery malt sweetness after the swallow. Quite astringently bitter in the finish. Won me over a little, but pretty dead and unimpressive.

Considering the style, Scores ranging from 1 to 5, 5 being the most intense
Appearance:
Body:   Clear(1)->Murky(5) : 2     Pale Yellow(1)->Dark brown(5) : 2     Still(1)->Sparkling(5) : 2
Head:   None(1)->Large(5) : 3   White(1)->Tan(5) : 1   Lasting: 3   Lacing : 2
Aroma:
Intensity : 2  
Yeast : 2   Bread : 2   Apple : XX   Tropical Fruits : XX   Soap : 1   DMS : XX   Diacetyl : XX Sulfur : XX  
Malt : 3   Biscuity : XX   Hay : XX   Toasty : 1   Caramel : XX   Nuts : XX   Honey : XX   Cereals : 2   Grainy : 2
Hops : 2   Noble(1)->American(5) : 1   Leafy : 3   Spicy : XX   Floral : 2   Lemon/Lime : XX   Grapefruit : XX   Orange : XX   Herbal : XX   Grassy : XX   Pine/Spruce/Resin : XX  
Notes :   Peach/Apricot : XX   Earth : XX   Mint : XX   Butterscotch : XX   Smoke : XX
Flavor:
Initial Flavor : Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 3   Finish Dry(1)->Sweet(5) : 2   Sourness : XX   Bitterness : 2   Complex : XX   Length : XX
Palate:
Light(1)->Full(5) : 2   Flat(1)->Fizzy(5) : 2   Clean : XX   Sharp : 1   Watery : 1   Oily : XX   Chalk : XX   Astringent : XX   Alcohol : XX   Mineral : 2   Oxidation : XX   Metallic : XX

Comments: Rather fresh, but tiny maltiness. Bitter, but low on aromas.

Cask (handpump) @ The Phoenix, Canterbury, Kent CT1 3DB. Clear medium yellow orange color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, toasted, light to moderate hoppy, flowers. Flavor is light to moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat.

Cask@GBBF2007. Golden colour, with almost no head at all. Aroma is eggs, grains and some yeast. Pretty much the same goes for the flavour. Some slight notes of malts too. Perhaps a bad cask?

Blackfriers. Aroma started off very sulphury, however moves onto bittering hoips with pale malts, hints of fruity sweetness. Taste is bitter, pale malts give a small amount honey sweetness, but generally well balanced.