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

From cask at the Bell, Waltham St Lawrence. A bright chestnut pour with a loose cream head; malty aroma; malty taste with some caramel and a leafy bitterness; then a dry biscuity finish. An old fashioned Yorkshire bitter.

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

Bottle, nearly out of date, from the local offy. Clear as a bell, copper amber colour. Thick, foamy, lasting, beige head. Nose has malt loaf. Some sour fruit. Granary bread. Some nuts. Taste is lightly sour, with some sweetness on the lips. Light body. Slightly sour, vine fruit bitterness to finish. A bit odd, what with the sour thing going on, but I didn’t mind it overall.

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

500ml bottle conditioned (lot 6056, BBE Aug 2017) into a UK pint sleeve at home on 3rd Mar 2017. Good, dark mahogany body, full and lasting creamy head. Malty with a slight sulphurous trace in both the nose and taste. Strange one this, malty molasses trying to showcase their sweetness against a bitter, musty, earthy, sulphur undertone: not sure it should taste like this (although I note others have mentioned similar flavours).

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

Bottle from Old Shambles Tavern in York. Appearance - deep amber to brown with a nice generous head. Nose - biscuits, toffee (perhaps honey) and a slight metallic note. Taste - more toffee, metal and biscuits. Palate - close to medium bodied with a creamy texture and good bitterness on the finish. Overall - quite an enjoyable bitter.

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

Cask at Tap East - London: pours reddish copper with a creamy off-white head. Musty grainy aroma with suggestions of damp leaves. Tastes a little odd, there’s some musty earth, vague tang, leaves. Light bodied with fine carbonation. More must in the finish, grainy bread, old leather. Not very drinkable.

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

Cask at tap east. During the Yorkshire open brew house beer fest. Orange amber coloured pour with a light haze and a lasting off white head. Aroma is light vinegar. Malt vinegar, nutty grains, apple grains. Flavour is composed of light nutty light tangy green apple. Burnt toffee, little too much solvent. Not very good condition. Palate is pretty ordinary, moderate carbonation, little grains. Woody vanilla. Meh.

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

500ml bottle at Stu’s. Pours clear amber,little to no white head. Aromas of toffee fruits and light herbal hops. Taste is sweet, something nutty. Standard bitter.

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

Bottle at home. Amber, thin toffee, grassy nose, thin taste, light bitterness, soft toffee.