6.4

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

Half-pint, well kept cask ale, outside in the beer garden of Portland Hotel (Spoons) in Chesterfield. Declining white head, spotty lacing, and a clear golden body. Citrus aromas. semi-dry, inviting. Fine blended taste of grapefruit, cereal malts and a backdrop of leafy hop bitterness. Medium bodied. Refreshing on a sunny day in Chesterfield. (30.04.2025).

7

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

Cask at London & North Western, Birmingham. Clear gold with white head. Notes of citrus, pine resin, cereals, grass. Nice punchy bitterness. Medium bodied, semi-dry. Solid cask pale.

7

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

6.8

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

Cask at Standing Order, Derby. Pours “bitter brown” with minimal off-white head. Aroma is mainly marmalade with hints of dried fruit. In the mouth it is quite sweet, with plenty of evidence of alcoholic strength . flavour of pine and a hint of citrus. Texture becomes quite cloying after a while – like drinking golden syrup ! An unusual beer for Oakham – I kept looking for their normal new world hops – and they weren’t there !

6.8

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

Pours an almost clear amber colour with a small creamy white head. The aroma is citrus, malts, and some pine. A moderately sweet and bitter taste, pale malts, pithy grapefruit and pine flavours with an astringent hoppy bitterness.

7.5

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

Cask at the AG Bell. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Strong grapefruit aromas. Taste adds some biscuit. Bitter finish.

5.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at the Hope Tap (JDW), Reading. Pale amber with a cream-coloured head. Creamy mouthfeel with bitter pine from the off. There's some grapefruit and malted milk biscuits in there too. Lightly dry finish with a lasting bitterness. The bitterness is a little overdone compared to the other flavours for me. Ok, but below what I'd normally expect from Oakham.

6.2

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

Third of a cask pint in my local Wetherspoons on 14th October 2024. Light amber body, white crown. Piney front to the nose and taste, citrus fruits join in mid-sip.

7

On cask at the SO. Appearance - golden and clear, proportionate, creamy white head. Nose - caramel and an edge of lemon. Taste - orange barley water, bread and still some caramel. Palate - light to medium bodied, tangy and dry finish. Overall - quite good.