07/11/1997. OLD BANK, High Street, EPSOM, Surrey, England (REGENT INNS) --- Beer merged from original tick of Best on 07 Dec 2022 at 08:23. Original review text: 15/05/1980. SHIP, 104 Peach Street, WOKINGHAM, Berkshire, England (FREE HOUSE)

5.2

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

Cask @ St Stephen’s Tavern, Westminster London. As Badger Best. Golden with a thin head. Mildly sticky-sweet texture, not a ’best’ bitter, but drinkable.

6

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

Cask conditioned at the Ship & Shovell, Charing Cross. Amber coloured with next to no head. Aroma had a touch of caramel and a hint of grassy hops. Flavour was slightly sweet before a decent enough bitter finish. Ok, but not memorable.

6.1

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

Cask at New Inn, Canterbury Reddish copper colour, hop and yeasty nose with acidic yeasty flavour with some toffee malt and very floral hop finish. Can never decide if I like this beer or not. Sometimes it slides down nice, sometimes I can’t stand it.

5.6

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

Clear copper color, short head. Weak aroma of caramel malt, bit spicy. Weak taste, bit bitter. Bitter palate.

5.8

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

Well, when you're English ale comes in a can, you can't have too high expectations. It's not bad, and probably has a better yeast complexity on cask, but there are a lot of better English ales out there.