Rune (2744), Tromsø, Norway Sep 1, 2009 Partial cloudy, orange-amber in appearance. Naked on the surface. Malt-fruity to the nose. Flavour of grassy hops, a bite of apricot and a touch of fruity caramel. Straightforward bitter with a medium to light body. Gravity dispense, one-third pint glass at GBBF, 04.08.2009 (rating no.2500). cgarvieuk (4159), Edinburgh, Scotland Aug 31, 2009 Cask at GBBF 2009 ....amber ... light toffee ... fruity ... light sweet fruity hop.... jjuf1853 (467), Land O Lakes, Florida, USA Aug 20, 2009 Bottle pours a light copper amber color with a foamy white head. Mild aroma with a hint of hops. Nice flavor, malty with a bitter finish. Magicdave6 (5383), London, Greater London, England Aug 17, 2009 Cask at GBBF09. Alround rating: Sulphury, minerally, nutty almondness, woody with little hop character. TBone (6675), Pori, Finland Aug 10, 2009 Cask@GBBF 2009.
Copper brown color, small white head. Orange-lemon aroma. Pale malty. Caramel, citrus, bread. Pear fruity, hoppy aftertaste.
hughie (3016), Bedford, Bedfordshire, England Aug 6, 2009 Cask, gravity, at GBBF ’09. Amber. Sweet malty aroma. Taste adds a bit of spice. Sharp hoppy finish. It’s quite enjoyable, but far too much going on to be ’a true English classic’ as promised. First beer of the festival, and a promising start. ChristianScheffel (4431), Odense, Denmark Jul 30, 2009 Golden with a small white head. Aroma of malt with subtle fruit. Sweet toaqsted and biscuit malt flavour with a decent hop flavour and bitterness. mansquito (819), Boston/Philadelphia, USA May 28, 2009 Orange amber color. Small white head. Malt citrus aroma. Taste like a bitter just with more booze. More like an ESB methinks. Not too bad, bit I really wish it was better and deserving of the superlative name that it deems itself worthy of.
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