6.6

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

7

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

Half-pint, cask ale at Five Swans. Wetherspoon Beer Festival, March -24. Off-white head to a deep rustic dark body, crocheted lacing. Indeed, good looking! Inviting aromas of caramel and dark fruits. Quite similar taste of dark fruits, toffee, and caramel. Rounded malt-fruity tail. Like it. (Newcastle upon Tyne, 19.03.2024).

5.6

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

Cask at the moon under water Watford. A clear reddish copper coloured pour with a off white speckled head. Aroma is semi sweet, wishy washy, nutty, toasted malts, light soapy. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, mixed nuts, toasted malts, soapy, wishy washy, some dried fruits. Palate is semi sweet, mellow cask, meh. boring.

6.2

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Cask at Picture House, Stafford. Pours a deep ruby with a small foamy cream head and good lacing. Not much of an aroma – just some vague fruity hints. In the mouth its starts off slightly sweet with a creamy texture, and flavour of spices, honey and rye malts. Some bitterness comes through later alongside hints of plums and caramel, leading to a slightly spicy finish. Not bad at all – definitely better thn I’d been led to believe.

7.2

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

Innspurten på Wetherspoonsfestivalen -24. Amber. Klar. Lavt tett mokkafarget skum. Teppelacing. Daler sakte. Aroma av overmoden rips. Tørr, sherryartig smak. Passe tørr bitter avslutning.

7.4

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

[Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell.] A reddish chestnut pour with a tight cream head; ripe berry aroma; smooth in the mouth with a malty body and lots of berries- strawberry, raspberry, blackberry and some tart blueberry; then a pleasantly bitter finish with some caramel and chocolate to round things off. Very drinkable.

7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Third of a pint, hand-pulled in my local Spoons on 10th March 2024. Red hue to the clean amber body, the head an off-white affair. Semi-sweet malty taste, caramel and red berries came to mind as I sipped it, this was the best of the six I had during my little tasting session.

6.6

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

Cask at the Sir John Moore, Glasgow. Pours clear dark amber with a thin bubbly beige head. Aromas of berry and toffee. Taste is flinty, more toffee. Thin mineral finish.

7

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

On cask. Appearance - deep amber to red, very attractive colour. Nose - red fruit, bread and nuts. Taste - strawberry, orange peel and bread. Palate - creamy texture, medium bodied. Overall - decent.

6.8

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

Cask handpull at Shakespeare Head Holborn. Clear deep russet colour lasting tan head. Rich red beer. Good malts. Some red fruits. Some bitterness on the finish. This is about a slightly sweet malty beer. Which I thought quite attractive. Yes I quite liked it.