18/10/2016. SUN, 17 London Road, REDHILL, Surrey, England (WETHERSPOONS)

5.2

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

Cask @ Leeds Station Wetherspoon. Amber with a small creamy head. Has a high malty bitterness with an underlying sweetness.

6.4

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

Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol October 2016. Amber in colour with a moderately sized, off-white, head. Aroma of red fruits and floral hops. Flavour was sweetish with caramel, more fruit, chewy malts and a moderately bitter finish. Fine.

5.8

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

Cask at the Booking Office. Pours clear amber with a thin white head. Aromas of light malt, minerals, faint fruit. Apricot maybe. Taste is grainy, cereals, metallic toffee. Not great.

6.8

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

5.0% Cask handpull at Hamilton Hall Liverpool Street London. Clear gold lasting white head. sweetish beer caramel and some floral honey. Some ok hop on the end some peach. Ok fruity golden bitter.

5.6

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

Cask at the foot of the walk. Pours clear amber, nose is malty toffee, little varnish, sour notes, floral, taste is sweet, chewy toffee, grainy, thin.

6.8

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

On cask at the Standing Order. Appearance - golden with a decent head. Nose - light apricot note. Peach too. Taste - malt and more orchard stone fruits. Palate - close to medium bodied with a creamy texture and a long dry finish. Overall - decent ESB.

6.5

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

Cask at the Bear (JDW), Maidenhead. A golden amber colour with a ring of white head; sour grainy aroma; smooth in the mouth with a sour grainy taste and a grassy bitterness; then a caramel finish.