6.5

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle at home having spent 4 hours at a drama review featuring the youngest. This was necessary. Perhaps served a touch too warm? Rich malts, balanced hops and a slight (only slight) taste of vomit. Ok, but not great.

6

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

Bottle from Melbicks Garden Centre. Fairly middle of the road gold to be honest. Look: clear gold, small white head; standard. Aroma: malt, citrus peel, biscuit, touch of pine. Taste: the same Palate: Light to medium bodied, bitter and citric.

6.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at Bulls Head, Sedgley..Aroma has caramel and fruit. Clear gold. Thin foamy white head. Light hoppy bitterness. Underlying caramel..sherbert. Light-medium bodied. Long finish.

6.5

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

27/1/2023. Cask at the 14th Colchester Winter Ale Festival. Pours clear golden with a small frothy white head. Aroma of malt, caramel, straw, touch of butter. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Moderate body, slightly oily, soft carbonation. Nice bittersweet finish. It's fine.

29/10/2004. CODSALL STATION, Chapel Lane, CODSALL, Staffordshire, England (HOLDENS)

6.5

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

Clear pale gold with a frothy, almost creamy white head, and a slightly fruity aroma. Tastewise this is a pretty sweet golden ale, with fruit and sugar sweetness being slightly balanced out by a hint of citrus hop bitterness

6.2

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask at Hogshead, Wolverhampton. Pours a hazy golden yellow with minimal white head, but good lacing. Nose is just vague hints of lemon. In the mouth, there is a initial sweet caramel texture which fades to bitter citrus, with traces of straw and biscuits. Some lemon in the finish. Very swiggable – and none the worse for that.

6.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Handpull cask at the Ale Wagon, Leicester. Deep golden and clear with a quickly disappearing white head. Lemon balm, vanilla and mucky sulphur on the aroma. Tastes much better than it smells, with a citrus-tinged bitterness challenging the initial malty sweetness. More caramel in the aftertaste. Not bad by any means.

6.6

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

Bottle from the Real Ale Warehouse. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Aromas of grassy hops and malt. Taste is light sweet and faint floral notes, some biscuit. Rich tea. Ok.

6

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

Cask @ Stafford Beer & Cider Festival. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are fruits, malt, grass, straw and hops.