04/04/2017. ROYAL OAK, Lower Bristol Road, BATH, Bath & North East Somerset, England (FOUR COUNTY INNS)

6.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

(Cask at Lyric, Soho, London, 24 April 2016) Amber colour with foamy, off-white head. Malty, fruity nose with notes of peaches, apricots, nuts and slightly earthy hops. Malty, fruity taste with apricots, citrus and a balanced earthy bitterness. Medium body, with a touch of sweetness. Tasty and well balanced bitter. Quite nice.

6.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask @ Bricklayer’s Arms, Putney SW15. Pours a pale amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramelfflavor with hoppy hints. Has a fruity malty citrus hoppy caramel finish.

6.8

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

Cask at the "Summer of Love" Festival at the Rose & Crown, Sandhurst. Dark amber with a scummy white head; biscuity aroma; floury body with a crisp bitterness; and a lingering finish with a trace of caramel.

6

Morgan's, Shrewsbury

6.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask gratify at the battersea beer fest. Golden orange pour with a loose white head. Aroma is subdued berry hedgerow hops with some caramel. Standardish bitter. Not a whole lot going on.

4.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask at Market Porter 24th January 2013. this is a little disapointing, nothing to distinguish it from any other light ale. OK

7

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

Cask at the Sussex Arms, Twickenham Green - 29/12/12. Lightly hazed mid amber with a thin off white bubbly heaad. Nose is caramel malts, fruit, little hoppage. Taste carries more depth than the nose, caramel malt, dark fruits, candied sugars, touch of bread. Medium bodied with soft carbonation, smooth on the palate with some bitterness in the finish. A decent tasty bitter.

6.8

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

Cask@Seven Stars, Bristol. Amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma is fruity, earthy, yeasty and some mild berries. Flavour is fruits, caramel, wood, some nuttyness as well as some floral notes. Balanced and rather bitter in the finish.