30/04/2016. SARACENS HEAD, 42 Broad Street, BATH, Bath & North East Somerset, England (TAYLOR WALKER)

5.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Cask at the Queen’s Head, Wokingham. A rather basic golden ale. A pale amber pour with a thin white head; malty aroma; malty taste; and a biscuity finish. I won’t be going back for another.

5.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at Norton Dog, Norton, Suffolk. Malty citrus aroma. Dark gold or light amber, hmmm? Frothy blotchy white head. Initially the taste was too low to register. A light citrus bitterness develops into the finish. Malty base. Medium bodied. Slick. Flat. Lightly astringent finish. Bland.

4.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Cask at the Bulls; clear golden yellow pour with a thin off white head, aroma has light citrus and straw, taste has citrus and sweet malts, biscuity malts.

5.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask, hal-pint at Ma Camerons in Aberdeen. Covering beige head to a bright gold-amber coloured body. Dotted spots on the glass. Modes mid-sweet smell of grain and floral hops. Flavoured with mild caramel malts added by citric hints. Bittersweet endnotes. A bit floury on the swallow. Accepted (19.04.2016).

5.5

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

On cask at Carter’s Tap. Appearance - golden with a decent head. Nose - light rotten egg note then it blows off a bit and there’s some lemon and pale malt. Taste - lemon and astringent malt. Palate - light to medium bodied with a creamy texture and a finish that could be fresher. Overall - wouldn’t order a second.

6.2

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

Cask at Carter’s Tap. Pours clear pale gold with a thin white head. Aromas of light malt, light lemon. Taste is light sweet, cereal grains, faint lemon. Thin finish.

6

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

Cask at SRAF 2011. Pours deep golden, nose is light floral fruit, toffee, taste is sweet, crisp.

5.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Cask at the Portland Arms, Cambridge. Mid to dark gold, small white head that clings to the glass. Sulphurous, medicinal nose. Taste is better, with a sweetish fruity bitter. Sour edge dominates in the finish, but it is far from acrid. Not a great beer, hardly a good one, but it’ll do if you’re not terribly picky.

5.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask @ Pumphouse, Liverpool. Golden with a small head. Malty in its nose, more balanced with hops evident in its taste alongside a very light fruitiness.