6.6

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

500ml bottle. Poured a slightly hazy amber colour with a lasting frothy white head. The aroma is malty, herbal, woody hops. The flavour is moderate bitter, light sweet, with a malty, herbal, nutty, light toffee, light metallic, woody hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with average medium to soft carbonation.

7

Bottle from The Hillside Brewery Shop, Longhope, Gloucestershire. Pours a clear ruby colour with a thin beige head. Aromas of caramel, milk chocolate, berries and toasty bread. Taste is fruity, a touch more caramel and chocolate with a roasty bitterness on the finish. Thin to medium body with a smooth slightly oily mouthfeel. Very good.

6.5

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

Bottle from the Real Ale Warehouse. Pours clear ruby to amber with a thin white head. Aromas of toffee, malt. Taste has a light mineral note, more toffee. Light astringency.

7

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

Bottle from Saucy Pears. Appearance - dark brown to black. Red chinks. Some head. Nose - light toffee and red fruits. Taste -more of the same. Palate - close to medium bodied with a creamy yet crunchy texture and a dry finish. Overall - decent ESB.

6.5

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

Bottle from Cotteridge Wines; hazy dark chestnut brown pour with a frothy beige head, roast malt and fruit aroma, taste has red fruits, autumn leaves, dark roast, a bit meaty, bitter finish.

6.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Pours murky brown, a bit of a ruby tinge, beige bubbles, a slop of sediment comes out despite a careful pour. Aroma- lots of dark malts, bready, yeasty, chocolate and cocoa notes. Taste- chocolatey hints, malt, slight vinous undertones, bitter coffee hints in the aftertaste. Easy drinking, pretty good.

7

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

cask at reading ... copper ... thin tan head ... soft sweet toffee fruits nose ... soft toffee fruits ... soft sweet roast ... soft fruits ... soft easy

6.4

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

On gravity at Gloucester beer festival, 23/3/2013. Copper coloured with a slight, off-white head. A fruity bitter with some caramel, a touch of hedgerow hop and gently bitter finish. Ok.

5.8

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

Cask (gravity) @ 28th Pigs Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2011, at The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, England.Unclear medium to dark red brown color with a small to average, frothy and open, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, soft roasted, dark berries. Flavor is light moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20111208]

5.4

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

7th December 2011
Cask at Pigs Ear. Cloudy dark brown beer! Bubbly pale tan head. Light dry palate. Malt dominates the somewhat insipid Summit hops. Dry finish. Expecting so much more from a Summit hopped beer.