 Fin (2005), Merton, Oxfordshire, England
May 4, 2008
Cask at the Royal Oak Beer Festival, Oakley, Bucks/Oxon border 03-05-08 Pours black with a thin white head. The aroma is really quite hoppy with some streaky liquorice there as well and also some nice roasted notes. Taste is really good, the liquorice returns along with a real punchy bitterness it occasionally gets a bit sticky and the malts really underpin things very well, a lovely beer but I’m a fan of Great Oakley and rarely have I had a bad beer from them, very good. I would have struggled to catergorize this had I have not known from the programme notes that it was an Old Ale, I thought that maybe it was another top notch yet slightly unusual Mild from Great Oakley.
fonefan (4045), Ulfborg, Denmark
Jun 7, 2008 Cask handpump @ Reading Beer Festival 2008.
Clear medium to dark amber brown color with a average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, chocolate. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium to full, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. (020508)
harrisoni (4896), Ashford, Kent, Kent, England
Jun 3, 2008 Cask gravity at Reading BF 08. I seemed to have quite a few milds at this festival, but this was a genuine dark ale. Deep ruby with thin beige head. Decent dark beer with lots of dark fruits. Rather a lovely aroma of choc and then velvety choc on the end. Actually superb and just as good as their dark mild.
DruncanVeasey (1533), Burbage, Germany
Mar 15, 2008 Cask, The Merchant, Rugby. Seductive dusty coffee granule aroma. Thin and distant in the mouth with watered down coffee, caramel and faint roastiness. Earthy and gently smoky. Pretty good, but a bit feeble-bodied.
Finn (1044), Tromsø, Norway
Feb 18, 2008 Cask/gravity at Battersea Beer Festival 6 Feb 08. Dark red brown colored. No head. Aroma and taste of coffee. Just cold coffee. Not good.
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