6.5

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

Bottle. Recommend it. Good aroma. Almost as good as Hobgoblin. Like a 95 % version of it.

4.8

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

lots of hops in the nose, some faint malt notes. not very pleasing, somewhat wattery. not much bittering in the finish, not very good.

12/08/1994. HORSE & JOCKEY, Malt House Lane, BODICOTE, Oxfordshire, England (COURAGE)

6.4

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

Old rate discovered when I was trying to work out why my spreadsheet total didn’t match up with RB. Had it on cask at the Hobgoblin, Reading on 23/1/2008. This beer has a bit of history for me – I’d avoided bitter since being but off it by Wadworth Henry’s IPA when I was 16 (still don’t like that beer!). Drank lager for the next few years before trying this when I was at Uni & loving it so much that I switched to bitter from then on. So – on re-trying it, it’s fruity with orange, caramel and a bit of bread. Sweetish and smooth. Pleasant enough bitter, but my tastes have obviously matured since I originally had it – it’s no world beater!

6.2

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

Bottle, from historic notes. Source not recorded. Poured dark amber with an off-white head. Aroma of sweet malt, caramel, fruit and hop. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness and body.

4.5

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

White bottle. Sweet apple aroma and flavor. Some yeastiness, stoney flavor. Bitter aftertaste. Far from perfect beer.

7.5

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

From Mar 2006

Poured from 500ml brown bottle(room temp) a a medium gold with a large head of foam that dissipated slowly.

The smell is a sweet and spicy mix of hops and malt that's not subtle at all and that is a good thing.

The taste repeats the smell. Yummy sweet malty goodness up front with an ample background of lemony hops gives this ale such great balance and drinkablility that I find this one to be my favourite of the Wychwood brews!

Bottom line: This is a great sessionable English Pale Ale that I have no qualms about visiting again and again.

5.4

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

Backlog. From cask at Kings Head, Huddersfield, on The Transpennine Real Ale Trail with KL and LH 09.05.15. Clear pale golden. Persistent white head and lacing. Rather non-deScriptive aroma, with some English hops and malt. Similar taste, but with more hops and some biscuit. Slightly metallic.

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