28/3/2012. Cask at The Green Dragon Spring Ale Festival, Croydon.

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

bottle at home ... copper ... bubbly off white head ... soft malty ovaltine malt nose ... sweet fruits ... toffee malt .. little fizzy ... very middling

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

Bottle at home in London. Pours a crystal clear copper with a small, off-white head. Doughy malts on the nose, hints of ripe and rotten citrus, a little fruity booze. Flavor is alright, touches of toast and caramel, light sweetness, some leafy bitterness. Light bodied with fine to average carbonation. Mild sugary finish, leafy and herbal hops, very light toast. Not offensive.

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

This time the nose has no pine and is basically toffee throughout. The rest is the same and there’s no change to the score! Previous rating 26/06/11 6/4/7/4/13 = 3.4 50cl bottle. Pours amber with a decent head and steady bubbles. The nose has pine with a little toffee. The taste has toffee, grapefruit and a pine finish. The palate is medium bodied and textured with a nice fresh finish - good! Overall, this is a tastey beer that could be sessioned.

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

Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2010, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.Clear medium to dark orange amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, fruity, straw notes, light hoppy, orange - citrus. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100806]

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

5th August 2010. GBBF.
Clear amber beer. Light dry palate. Very low carbonation. Well balanced light toffee malt and mild hops. Totally flat though and that doesn’t help.

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

Cask@GBBF2010. Goldeny amber colour, small head. Aroma is wood, sap, nectar, mild syrup as well as some fruits and mild nuttyness. Flavour is fruits, wood, some fudge, caramel and mild nuttyness.

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

From cask. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is mild fruity and hoppy. Bitter, malty and slight diacetyl touch. Bitter and caramelish into a subdued sweet finish. Vague bitterness.

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

Bottle that I picked up at a small grocers shop in Potton, Cambs 04-05-09 Pours reddy amber, good clarity, not much of a head. There is a slight woodiness and also tea like flavour to this, nice easy going bitterness. This is a pleasantly tasty beer, that went down very well. A6 A4 F7 P3 Ov13 3.3

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

50cl bottle from Tescos, Stevenage. Very similar to the Shambles Bitter. Reddish amber coloured with a fast fading white head; malty aroma; sweet caramel flavour wirh a good fruity bitterness, more aromatic than the Shambles. Another good ordinary bitter.