28/12/2016. RED LION & PINEAPPLE, 281 High Street, LONDON, W3, England (WETHERSPOONS)

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

Cask (handpump) @ Sir John Hawkshaw (JDW), Cannon Street Station, City, Greater London, England EC4N 6AP. [ As Caledonian Cold Comfort ].Clear medium yellow - amber orange color with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, nutty, sweet malt. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, sweet malt, caramel, biscuit malt, nutty notes. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20161128] 6-3-6-3-13

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

Tried at Dexters Ale House, Lincoln. Rich Amber colour with a large thick and lasting head. Aroma caramel and malt with a slight sour fruitiness. Taste mainly sweet.

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

Cask at the Bear (JDW), Maidenhead. A goldn amber pour with a loose cream head; malty aroma; straightforward sweet malty taste; with a drier caramel finish. Unexciting.

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

Cask at Victoria Station. It pours clear brown with a decent bubbly off-white head. The aroma is sweet, toffee, fruit cake, heady glue notes, wood and varnish. The taste is dry, bitter - sweet, wood, resin, varnish, mind astringency, leather, fruit cake, caramel and that gluey note again. Finish is pretty dry. Medium body and soft carbonation. Warming, but a bit messy in parts.

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

Cask @ Becketts Bank, Leeds. Traditional cask styled mid-malty bitter, which is decent enough.