30/10/2004. OLD SWAN, Halesowen Road, NETHERTON, West Midlands, England (OLD SWAN)

6.2

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

Cask, gravity at Shrewsbury Folk Festival main bar, Shrewsbury, Sunday 28th August 2016 Dark gold edging towards light amber, it’s ok with a light bitterness throughout, actually it’s quite bitter with a rustic English hoppiness. Dry finish, it’s fine. A6 A4 T6 P3 Ov12 3.1

7

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

Cask at the Old Swan. Poured a clear medium amber with a frothy white head and some broken lace. The aroma is peachy fruit, malt. The flavour is light bitter with a fresh fruity light hop bitter palate and a mellow lingering bitter finish. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

6.8

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

Cask at the Olde Swan; clear golden amber pour with a creamy off white head, taste has biscuity malts, light fruit.

7

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Cask at the source. Crystal clear golden color. Aroma of fruity fresh hay. Taste is fruity straw. Nice.

6.8

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

Cask-conditioned at The Olde Swan, Netherton, 22/11/2014. Deep gold with a frothy, white, head. Sweetish, biscuity malts, a hint of apricot and lingering, bitter, finish. Enjoyable.

7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Hand-pulled pint in the excellent Kinver Constitutional Club on 3rd June 2014. Pours a good solid gold with white head that hung around. The nose was fruity with light maltiness, biscuit and bread like. The taste followed on in the same pattern, malty rather than hop bitter. Fairly smooth for a bitter and very easy to drink.

6.3

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

Cask (gravity) @ Hop Pole Inn, [ Hop Pole Beer Festival & Aylesbury Brewhouse Grand Opening 2011 ], 83 Bicester Road, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England HP19 9AZ.Clear medium orange yellow colour with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, light hoppy, toffee notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration, sour sweet fruit ? bright nuts, malt bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20111204]

6.8

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

Cask@Reading Beer Festival 2012. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is fruity, wooden and floral with some mild vanilla and herbal notes. Flavour is fruity, floral, wooden and mildly vanillaish. Also has some slightly bready and grainy maltyness in it.