6

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

Cask @ The Waterhouse, Manchester. Darker clear amber with a creamy off-white head. Also fairly crisp and smooth with traditional, also smoothish malts.

6.8

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

Cask, third pint. @The Roebuck Inn, Nottingham (England). 11/10/2024 [#7.863 Global - #956 England - #2 Exmoor] Pours clear amber with a creamy head. Aroma: burnt caramel, toffee and dusty grains. Taste: smooth caramelly malts, toffee and yeast. Malty palate. Medium bitterness. Next one, please!

6

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

Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms (JDW), Bristol October 2024. Deep copper in colour, with a slight, off-white, head. Yeasty grains, some caramel sweetness, red berries a touch of leafy hop and moderately bitter finish. This beer had not travelled well and I am not surprised others' ratings are higher.

7.2

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

Cask at the Caley Picture House. Pours clear copper with a thin off-white head. Aromas of red fruit, toffee, honeycomb. Taste is biscuit, raspberry, jammie dodger in fact. Light sweet finish.

7

On cask at the SO. Appearance - autumnal red, thin creamy white head. Nose - caramel, toffee and a hint of red fruits. Taste - burnt toffee, edge of almost liquorice but definitely some blackberry jam. Palate - medium bodied, sweet and then tangy dry. Overall - this grew on me.

6.8

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

[Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell.] A golden amber pour with a tight cream head; malty aroma; rich caramel malt taste; with a spicy bitterness to finish. Smooth and satisfying.