 hopscotch (4579), Vero Beach, Florida, USA
Sep 29, 2008 Bottle... Hazy amber ale with golden highlights and a mid-sized, creamy, white head. Good retention. Fruity, sweaty, beef stock aroma... a bad combination. Light to medium-bodied with moderate carbonation. A touch more bitter than their Original Pub Style... mildly tangy as well. Very lightly bitter finish.
DrDavid (333), Johnson, Vermont, USA
Sep 1, 2008 (Bottle). Floral malty aroma. Reddish orange color, thin off white head. Flavor is floral and malty, with some mild hops bitterness. Chalkiness and earthiness, too.
Mes_and_Sim (4476), Highgate, Greater London, England
Aug 25, 2008 A Mes rate: gravicask at GBBF.
Damn I was really impressed with this one. An attractive golden brown with a thin off white head and very good condition. Good fruity and earthy malt aroma but it really comes alive in the mouth. Superb English style stuff with some slightly sweet and excellent malt balanced beautifully but some lip smacking bitter hoppage. There is just a perfect level of casky chalkiness in both the nose and in the mouth and it’s clear as day that this is just hitting the sweet spot perfectly. Bitter finish with slight grass and tobacco that is really lengthy, eventually leaving a glorious malty aftertaste. Superbly made, at the peak of it’s life and superbly drinkable. The alcohol level is pitched just right. Glorious stuff.
emerica56 (479), Bristol, Rhode Island, USA
Aug 24, 2008 Pours a cloudy amber color with a thin off white head and the nose has some nice hints of flowers. The flavor is kind of bland and there is not much flavor. The finish is kind of watery and could use some more balance of hops and malt.
Sigmund (1961), Hafrsfjord, Norway
Aug 21, 2008 Cask at the GBBF 2008. Deep golden to amber colour. Nice fruity hops in the aroma. Decent hops in the flavour too, notes of blackcurrant leaves.
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