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

Half pint from the cask at The Lamplighter in Jersey. Pours light brown with a white head. Aromas & tastes of caramel, fruits, hops & malt. Medium body. Smooth light bitter finish.

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask at Goose, Wolverhampton (at 3.6%). Pours “bitter brown” with a small foamy off-white head and good lacing. Mainly malts in the aroma but also some hints of red berries. In the mouth it is sweet and smooth with a creamy texture, but also some bitterness involved. Flavour has malts, some floral hops, hints of autumn fruits and (later) nuts and caramel. Bitterness creeps into the slightly dry finish as well. This is reasonable but somewhat bland.

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

Old rating - A 500ml bottle from the brewery shop last spring. Pours amber with a white foamy head. Aromas & tastes of caramel, light spice, sweet malt. Light body verging on the watery. Mild bitter finish. Disappointing.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

Bottle at home. Gyengécske kis bitter, nagyon vékony, kissé olyan se íze, se bűze. Könnyen csúszik tho.

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

Bottle from a local Lidl. Aroma is malty with bland caramel toffee and bittering hops. Flavour is moderate sweet and fairly bitter. Body is light and watery. Meh, didn't like this one much, it's dreary.

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

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

Cask @ Ringwood Brewery. Pours a deep clear amber, off-white head of foam. Aroma brings caramelised amber malt, a suggestion of dried dark fruit. Flavour profile seems centred around the same sort of thing, good bitter bite. Ok bitter overall.

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

Cask at the Red Lion, St Peters, 24/11/23. Clear amber with a good sized lasting beige head, full glass lacing ensues. Nose is caramel, biscuit, sugars, dried fruit rinds. Taste comprises caramel, sweet edged, brown bread, sugars, light berry fruit notes. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close. This was in decent condition but it just comes over very 'caramelly' and lacks balance ... last third of the pint became a bit of a chore to finish.

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

Cask as Ringwoods Best Bitter at Goldies, Dorchestrer. Pours clear chestnut amber with a white cap. Aroma: malt, caramel, light toffee. Taste: light sweet & light to moderate bitter, biscuit malts, caramel, berries. Thin body with light carbonation. Insipid.