Uley Old Spot Prize Ale

Cask, GBBF 2007. Sweet toffee malts, lots of chocolate fudge. Some yeasty bread tones. Slightly hazy brown with no head. Mouth is sweet caramel toffee. Vanilla fudge. Finishes vanilla and sweet. Great.

Cask at GBBF 2007 ... Deep copper colour ... sweet with a little vinegar ... little wood in nose ... slight sour woody notes not great balance. but ok

Cask-conditioned at the Old Spot, Dursley, Gloucs. Deep brown with reddish tones and a slight beige head. Aroma was very malty, with plenty of red and dark fruits and some almonds. Easy drinking for a 5% beer, the flavour was of more fruit, with some chocolate and a long, bitter finish. I could drink this all day.

Cask (gravity dispense), Reading Beer Festival, April 2006. Dark brown colour. Fruity and malty. Smooth, sweetish mouthfeel. Some light, earthy hops. Fairly chewy but surprisingly easy drinking. More like a strong bitter than an old ale. A nice drop.

Cask Small white rim over dark red-chestnut beer. Earthy, leafy and slightly (sweet-)bready notes, as eggbread. Malty, sweet, good quality malts. Sweet, again bread or patisserie-lik malts, with a discreet afterthough of ligthly bitter hops. Retronasal there’s a flavour as from "Haagse Hopjes (Dutch coffee caramels; even a bit smokey, warming up. Medium bodied at best, a bit slick. Filled in by restsugars. OK beer, quite nice. Just not Strong - as the pumpclip adds to the above name.

(Cask at White Horse, Parson’s Green, London, 25 Nov) Mahogany colour with ruby notes, small head. Fruity nose with dark fruit, berries (blueberries, blackberries) and caramel. Malty, fruity taste with notes of wild berries, cherries, chocolate and caramel. Balanced sweetness throughout. Velvety and nice.

Gravity cask @ Reading Beer Festival 2006. Raisins, fruity malt. Very drinkable but could perhaps do with a little more hop in the finish.

Cask gravity at Reading BF 06. Ruby/chestnut colour. Some choc, some fruit, tastes like an ESB should do. Doesn’t hit the heights, but competent enough.