John Smiths Winners Tipple

From the Bottle at Chris O’s, GBBF Week 09/08/2008 Some spiced aroma. Amber mid brown coloured and crisp on the palate with a little dryness in a full malt finish.

Bottled An amber coloured beer with barely any head. A fruity, tobacco accented aroma with burnt cardboard and chocolate. Quite woody and nutty in the mouth. Again cardboard. Very malty.

Bottle 50cl.
Clear medium to dark amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, brown sugar. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (220808)

(Bottle 50 cl) Courtesy of fonefan. Clear, deep amber golden with a rough, off-white head. Aroma of nuts and burned caramel. Medium body, lightly sweet caramel and a whiff of nuts. Dry and lightly bitter finish. 220808

Bottle. Bronze with a creamy head.Medium mouth feel and a malty bitterness.Quite pleasant and better than I had anticipated when looking at its heritage.

Bottle, 4.2%. Sweet dark malt aroma. Dark amber colour, small tan head. The flavour is malty and slightly dusty.

Bottle, thx to fonefan. An amber, clear beer with an off-white head. Biscuity malty aroma with a pleasant fruityness. Nice, but very gentle. Malty sweetness, in the flavor, quite biscuity, with fruityness and a decent bitterness. Biscuity, roasted finish. Medium body. A quite pleasant malty beer, but a bit too gentle. (080822)

Bottled. An amber beer with a thin tan head. The aroma is sweetmalty with strong notes of caramel and toffee as well as a light touch of spices. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of caramel, toffee, and spices among them nutmeg. Thanks to fonefan and Brugmansia for sharing.