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

Handpull cask at the Goat, Long Buckby. Golden brownand a bit hazy with a large off-white head. Light toasty aroma, leafy hops, dried grass, caramel, sourdough the aroma. Sweet and doughy taste tempered with light hop nearer the lfinish. Medium body, weighty on the tongue, with soft carbonation. Nice.

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

500ml bottle from Tebay Services. Pours clear amber with a white head. Aromas & tastes of flora, light fruits, grass & malt. moderate body. Light bitter finish

Decent. Malty and dry, bit thin.

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

Cask at The Rusty Bucket, Eltham. Mahogany coloured pour with a beige head. Malts, toffee & dried fruit aromas. More of the same in the taste. Malty bitter aftertaste.

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

Cask at two trees watford. A clear amber red coloured pour with a lasting fine beige head. Aroma is semi sweet.nutty, twig, raisin. Flavour is composed of thin watery grains, toast, dried fruits, light chalk, tannin. Palate is semi sweet, thin, little chalky, not bad.

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

Cask at the Southampton Arms, London on 15th April 2024. Golden amber with shallow, diminishing off-white foam and pattern lacing. Hoppy aroma. Leafy hoppiness in-mouth with honeyed fruitiness. A finish of sweet fruits, caramel malt leafy hops. Light body and a smooth mouthfeel. 6-3-7-3-13 Re-rating July 2024: Cask by stillage at the Cockpit, Chislehurst on 29th June 2024. Clear copper with shallow, yellowy white foam and full lacing. Slightly smoky malt aroma. Malty in-mouth with spiced fruits. Leafy hops and caramel malt dominate the finish. Full bodied with an engaging texture. 8-4-7-4-15

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

Cask at Hopwoods, Preston (not yet listed on RateBeer). Pours “bitter brown” with a medium sized foamy off-white head. Malts are the mainstay of the aroma, plus some hints of nuts. In the mouth it oscillates between sweet and bitter with malts, nuts and caramel plus traces of autumn fruits. Finish is dry and nutty. This is a reasonable old school bitter – quite tasty given the low strength.

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Thin off white head on an unclear brown body. Malt & caramel aroma. Smooth & soft - medium bodied. Malt, toffee, caramel & woody tastes with a bitter finish. Standard.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle from Tebay Services. Clear, glowing bronzey-amber with an off-white head - a bit of a looker actually. Mild fruit, straw & oatmeal biscuits. Rather dull.

Many thanks to Simontomlinson for this bottle. Smooth mild beginning. Easy to drink, malty and fruity, not too dry, fruity with hints of hazelnuts. Moderate bitter, nice round and malty in the end. Nice! --- Beer merged from original tick of Holmes Stead on 16 May 2020 at 23:46 - Score: 7. Original review text: Many thanks to Simon for this bottle. Smooth mild beginning. Easy to drink, malty and fruity, not too dry, fruity with hints of hazelnuts. Moderate bitter, nice round and malty in the end. Nice!