500ml bottle in the early hours of 12th July 2026, England had just beaten Norway in the quarter finals of the World Cup and I thought this would be a fitting tribute to the team (sadly it wasn't). Golden body, weak white head, tired citrus fruit nose and taste, bland malty sweetness, all too subtle and uninteresting to be honest. Good job it was cheap!

Bottle. Morrison’s. £1.50. Lightly misted medium gold. Slim white foam covers about half the surface. Nose has cereal. Some light hop leaf. Taste is dry and lightly bitter. Flicker of sweetness. Light body. A tad astringent on the finish.

A World Cup Of Beers#16. ENGLAND. Going for one of the WC specials whilst England are playing, and it's about as traditional a beer as it gets as a native brew. Clear golden in colour with a good hop-malt balance, decent bottle-conditioning, some initial bitterness leads to some sweetness, all at a very easy strength. A hint of caramel. Rousing artwork and a replacement of the 'Three Lions' song by 'hogs' going through my mind. Drank whilst watching the final group game for England - Panama vs England.

Bottle at home from Morrisons. Long week and an all in day working from home in the heat. Followed by lots of taxi driving for daughter. Absolutely shattered. Anyway, this was very well chilled and slipped down. Not much going on but very thirst quenching. Its ok.