5.4

Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 4.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask at the Spoons in Waterloo. Aroma is malty, grainy.... at a stretch. Opaque brown. Foamy translucent white head. Light bitter with a big malty streak. Slightly sour herbal edge. Earthy. Light. Thin. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry slightly astringent finish. Drinkable if bland.

6.4

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

Pours a clear chestnut brown colour with a small lasting foamy off-white head. The aroma is sweet bready malts, vanilla toffee with some earthy hoppy notes. A moderately sweet and bitter taste, sweet malt, toffee and nutty flavours with a decent leafy hop bitterness.

6.4

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

Cask at Eltham GPO, Eltham. Chestnut coloured pour with a beige head. Aromas of caramel, nuts, toffee apple. Flavours of nuts, caramel, whisper of citrus. Nutty bitter malt finish.

7

Points for drinkability, I needed this one after a rough trip 😊

6.4

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

Cask at Black Door, Helsinki. Colour is clear orange with small white head. Aromas and flavors: Malty sweetness, nuts, some distant hints of fruits and malts. Quite malty.

6.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

(Cask at Black Door, 20180405) The beer poured deep amber and clear. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had malts, toffee and earth. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were earth, malts, toffee and bitterness. Aftertaste was malty and bitter. A solid malty brew with English hops.

5.9

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

Cask at the Eagle Ale House - London. Pours clear golden brown with a frothy, off-white head. The nose holds brown sugar, bready malts, toasted leaves. Light sweet flavor with more leafy hops, leathery, tangy berries, orange peel, earth. Light bodied with fine carboantion. Finishes with notes of toasted grains, tangy berries, old saddle, leaves. So so.

6

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

Cask@The Railway, Streatham, London - dark brown pour with off white head. Toasty malty aroma and taste, some caramel, toffee, very nutty, earthy and slight roasted oaty and rye notes. Ok.

6.2

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

Cask at Finborough Arms, West Brompton, London. A dark brown/amber coloured pour with a thin white head on top. Nutty, malty aroma. Tastes similar, nutty, malty, rather thin but OK.