6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

500ml bottle from Hop Vault, Stourbridge, online. Clear amber-brown pour, with small beige head, nice lacing. No huge aromas but getting metal and toffee. Taste of sweet, toffee, light fruity note, some cardboard, grass, moderate bitterness. Light bodied, moderate carbonation. Average premium bitter.

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6.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Warwick Real Ale. Appearance - deep amber up reddish brown. Nose - toffee and molasses. Maybe some red fruit. Taste - honey, molasses. Palate - close to medium bodied. Rich and sweet middle and finish. Overall - interesting but would like a fresher finish.

6.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

500ml bottle from Leamington Wine Company. Shared with Finn. A pearl white head blanketing the glass. Close-to-clear dark orange body. Promising aromas of leafy hops and earthy malts. Fine blended taste of apricot and leafy hops backed by mid-sweet malts. Smooth on the swallow. Likable. (Hotel room, Birmingham 03.02.2020).

7.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Delt med Rune på rom 410 Premier Inn Waterloo, Birmingham. Mørk gyldenbrun. Høyt luftig skum som daler sakte. Aroma av malt & litt frukt. Smaken karamell & kjeks. Lett tørr bitter avslutning. Utmerket bitter!

5.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

9/2/2019. Bottle from Beer Dock, Crewe. Pours pale amber with a bubbly off-white head. Aroma of hops, citrus, malt, toffee and a slight metallic edge. Moderate sweetness and medium bitterness. Light body, watery texture, average to soft carbonation.

5.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle from Beer Dock, Crewe. Clear amber with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and light dusty. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. 090219

6.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Connoly’s Wines, Solihull. Poured a clear copper colour with a thin broken white head. The aroma is metallic hop. The flavour is moderate bitter with a light citrus, watery hop bitter palate. Light bodied with soft carbonation.

6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

At Jim/John is back tasting. Bottle courtesy of john. Clear amber, white head. Caramel malt, distant orangepeel, tea, dusty. Mild bitter. Medium body. Dry leaves.