RCH Steam Harvest

Cask@Pullman’s, Helsinki
Clear golden-amber color, small white head. Sweet honeyish-hoppy nose. Flavor has also honey, some flowery hops. Finish is a bit harsh with woody-resiny bitterness. Unbalanced. Not sure how well this has been kept, real ales at this place are not always in the best possible condition.

Cask 3 Judges, noteably poor condition, ol rating. Aroma is black current tart fruit and cellar. Taste is thin and watery with tart fruit, hints of mildue and cellar are key. Who knows how they managed to keep this on.

Cask. Something like deep yellowish golden colour, small creamy white head. Aroma is grassyness and hops with some fruity hints. Flavour is slightly bitter, with grass and fruity hops in it. Quite standard casked ale, and not too exciting.

Cask Conditioned
Hazy golden color, thin creamy head, nice lace. Too simple aroma. Some malt flavor, and medium bitter final with some aromatic hop, caramel and light fudge, but too simple, overall.

(cask at Oliver Twist, Stockholm) Gark golden, no head. Grassy hops with notes of red apples and oranges in aroma. Grassy bitter flavour, notes of grain and appleskins. Light bodied. Long grassy bitter finish.

Crown & Thistle, Gravesend. Poor condition. Sweet malty beer with hardly any hop awareness. There doesn’t appear to be much of interest here, but the tired condition could be concealing greatness. Default score.

Cask @ Oliver Twist, Stockholm Backlog 11 Nov 2004
Light in colour, Fruity. Peaches. Slightly acidic. Restraind bitterness.

Sampled cask at Oliver Twist, Stockholm.
Pale orange. Hay aroma. Medium sweet with chewy malt and filling mouthfeel. Some caramel, but otherwise clean flavourwise. Medium bitterness. Solid.