6.4

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

Cask. Pours a mahogany color with moderate head. Aromas of caramel, mild red berries and bready malts. Flavors of caramel malts, a bit of grass and a little fruit. Pretty basic bitter.

6.3

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Gyllen brun med lys beige skum. Lukter karamell, urter og malt. Smaker malt, urter, smør og karamell. Lett og kort.

6.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Misted copper colour, decent head. Caramel, toast, biscuit, esters, herbal hop. Medium dry. Light to medium bitterness. Not bad.

7

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

Old rating from 2014 - 500ml bottle, pours brown with a white foamy head. Aromas & tastes of dark fruits, bread, caramel, biscuit & toasted malt. Medium body. Smooth & long mildly bitter finish

7

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

Cask NERAX. Orange amber some head malty nose. Tastes of caramel,earth, malt, pleather. Fluffy palate

6.9

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

Pours a very nice looking deep amber to light red. Medium sized, relatively dense per style head, the slightest off-white. Good retention and nice lacing. Average to slightly sub-par intensity in the aroma. Less malty for the style than usual with more focus on fruitiness: moderate caramelly, slightly biscuity notes, with the slightest soft (perhaps slightly buttery) feel to them, fruity notes are orangeish with a half jam-like, half candy-like character to them, maybe a hint of apple, maybe an earthy hint. Again, average to slightly sub-par intensity in taste, notes more or less as per aroma, with earthiness showing up a bit more in finish/aftertaste and perhaps a floral hops hint. Medium sweetness, quite low bitterness, a bit too sweet for my ideal liking in both taste and aftertaste. I also think it could use at least a bit more malty depth, but still fine overall. Relatively light in body with average carbonation. Light sized but dense bubbles, resulting in a mouthfeel that feels quite softer and fuller than usual for the style; not at all unpleasant though. Overall a slightly unusual bitter; fine and enjoyable but i'm not 100% sure about the idea behind it.

6.4

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

Half pint from the cask at the Lamplighter, St Helier, Jersey. Pours red / brown with a small white head. Aromas & tastes of red fruits, caramel & malt. Medium body. Light bitter finish. Enjoyable

5.9

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

6

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

500ml bottle from Asda, Chelmsley Wood, Birmingham. Still shocked they had a new beer stocked, even if it is an old classic! Fairly clear reddish brown pour with brief fizzy head, no lasting head which is disappointing. Aroma is malty, sweet with a lovely plum fruitiness coming through. Taste is malts, toast, caramel, plum, long bitter finish. A little on the light side so for me the flavours don't carry as well as they could. Its decent but for some reason I was expecting better.

7.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can't believe I've never rated this one before. This one goes back to my dim and distant youth in the Cotswolds when my father used to drink this stuff. This is a best bitter with a weight towards the sweet malt but with some bitter hops. As ever with this brewery there's a lot going on with this beer and I always have a soft spot for all their beers. Even the completely bonkers double stout.