ABV of the cask version reduced in 2014 from 4.3% to 4.1%.
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6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ Crosse Keys, London. Clear golden with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, fruity and light hoppy - flowers. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. 250316
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Mar 2016
at 06:28
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the JDW Briar Rose; clear golden yellow pour with a creamy white head, aroma has light lemon, a hint of biscuit.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Mar 2016
at 13:06
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Pale brown colour with thin creamy head. Aroma has toasted malts. Quite a mild flavour. Fairly strong with malts and a light fruitiness in the finish.
Tried
on 22 Jan 2016
at 11:15
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Windsor Castle - Fitzrovia, London. Pours lightly hazy, copper-gold with a foamy white head. Damp leaves in the nose, some grainy bread, berries. Light sweet flavor with simple bread, light toffee, dough, musty earth. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Somewhat bland on the finish, with a bit of sugary brown bread, caramel, earth, old leaves, musty berries. So so.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Dec 2015
at 02:56
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
One of those good old classic English bitters, from a brewery which still works with copper brewing kettles and wooden barrels, at least at the time when I tasted this (2006). Brownish copper-coloured ale with thin, creamy head as expected from an English cask bitter, very malty aroma of caramel and walnuts, sourish touch, delicate aromatic hops. Rounded, supple palate, vague sweetishness, lots of buttermilk-like diacetyl, sourish accent, dried fruits, ending in a thirst-quenching hop bitterness. Stereotypical alright, but at least very decent.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Sep 2014
at 17:21
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
I used to live in the South West, and I’ve had more bad pints of this beer than you’ve had hot dinners mate. Last time I had this was Newcastle, 2011. But now I’m rating it in perfect condition. Cask at the Boot, St Albans. Light brown with a wispy head of natural carbonation. Aroma is sulphurous, nutty, and biscuity sweet. Taste brings out the astringency and the sweetness simultaneously. Sulphurous bitter finish. Not great, not even good, but certainly not bad. Seek it out in a place that knows how to keep it.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Sep 2014
at 14:04
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Pint from Bull, Bracebridge Heath. Pours clear amber brown, thick white head. Aromas of nuts, and malts. Taste is of an average bitter, malt and caramel, with a slight bitter finish.
Tried
on 27 Aug 2014
at 11:44
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Appearance is quite a dark amber, very clear, almost no head. Aromas and taste of caramel, malty, a bit of nuttiness, understated bitterness. Ok.
Tried
on 13 Aug 2014
at 08:18
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask at the haymarket. Pours clear amber brown, thick white head. Aromas of nuts, zingy yeastiness. Taste is more of the same. Bit chewy. Ok.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Jul 2014
at 15:29
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On cask at the Grosvenor. Appearance - golden with an oily haze. Nice head. Nose - lemon plus ester notes and some malt sweetness. Taste - its all a bit sweet and sour with tangy citrus notes and malt sweetness again on the finish. Palate - medium bodied with a tangy texture and a long dry but rich finish. Overall - a really interesting ale.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 May 2014
at 06:32