6.3

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

Old rating from 2013 - 500ml bottle, pours dark amber with a off white head. Aromas & tastes of dark fruits, caramel, biscuit & hops. Moderate body. Dry mild bitter finish

6.6

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

Cask. Clear amber with off white smooth head. Malty and bitter with caramel and grassy notes. Light to medium bodied. Decent..

25/01/1978. LONDON TAVERN, 149 Maple Road, LONDON, SE20, England (FREE HOUSE)

5.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Can’t believe I’ve not rated this before, but here goes. Cask at Five Lamps, Derby. Pours the classic bitter brown with a small frothy white head. Malts and biscuits in the aroma. Sweet and malty in the mouth with caramel coming through. Traces of hops and pepper can be found if searched for. Finish is fairly dry. Pretty bland to say the least.

6.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

A mate is from Leicester so have had this historical ticks number of times when visiting him. Is it also the beer they have on at the rugby ground but rebadged?

5.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Sample thanks to Grumbo: Poured a coppery with an off white head. Aroma was nail polish, fruit, light malts. Taste is bitter fruity, doughy biscuit malt.

6.5

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

11/7/2020. Bottle at the NCFC relegation party, bought at Waitrose, Peterborough. Poured clear bright copper/amber with a bubbly/frothy off-white head. Aroma of malt, caramel, hops, fruit and biscuit. Medium sweetness. moderate bitterness and body. Malty bready finish. Not bad.

4.6

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

500ml bottle [thanks to Grumbo for blueing another piece of the England map!]. Clear copper colour with small, creamy, off-white layer. Herbal-fruity hoppy and minimally bready-spicy malty aroma, hints of red berries, a touch of mistletoe or so. Taste is slightly dry, fruity hoppy, leafy, earthy, herbal, and bready-spicy malty, hints of red berries, red currant parings, tobacco; light, minimally watery. Underwhelming.

6.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Bottle at home. I have no idea how many gallons of this I drank during my 3 years at Leicester University, but as a beer it didn't stick in my mind. Having a bottle on Saturday evening explains why, as it had very little flavour. There was some malt with bitter hops and that was about it. It was quite watery, but that is not a positive.