11/07/2015. SIR JOHN HAWKSHAW, Cannon Street Station, LONDON, EC4, England (WETHERSPOONS)

5.3

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

Cask (handpump) @ Penderel’s Oak (JDW), 283-288 High Holborn, Holborn, Greater London, England WC1V 7HP. [ As Loddon Green Bullet ].Clear medium orange yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, pale malt, vegetables, baking yeast - bread, apple notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration, vegetables - floral, pale malt, baking yeast - bread. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat. [20150810] 5-3-5-3-10

5.9

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

Cask @ Wetherspoons - Victoria Station (JDW), Vicoria SW1. Pours a clear pale golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty grassy hoppy aroma. Fruity malty grassy hoppy bitter weak tropical fruit flavor. Has a fruity malty grassy hoppy bitter finish.

4

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Appearance: Pale yellow color with a white head. Some lacing.
Aroma: Mild malty and mild herbal. Also a bit sour. Maybe something to do with the tap line.
Palate: Medium body. Moderate sweet and a moderate bitterness. Soft carbonation.
Taste: Mild malty, some yeast and mild herbal.
Overall impression: Dull boring ale.
Personal stats: On tap at Hamilton Hall (JDW) Liverpool Street Station in Bishopsgate/London, England

5.4

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

Cask @ Barum Top Inn, Halifax. Blonde with a thin creamy head. Crisp, hopped ale that’s not too stated in flavour, although there’s a small bubblegum sweetness in its nose.

6

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

From cask. Pours cloudy yellow with a small white head. Mild spiced, slight herbal. Smooth fruity. Grassy. Slight herbsl. Bitter, mild fruity and bitter into a dry finish.

6.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at Pilgrim’s Progress (JDW), Bedford. Straw, well-carbonated, with an impressive white head. Light lagery smell of lemonade, cereal and hay. Taste is much improved with the bitter hop making itself known. Long dry finish, a proper ’bitter’ bitter. Nice but short of incredible.

6.4

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

Cask at moon under water jdw Watford. Clear light yellow coloured pour with a thin lasting white head. Aroma is pretty subdued, some tea leaves, light honey, light floral notes. Flavour is composed of semi sweet light grains, little earthy honey, tea bag, palate is medium light, nice cask cask condition. Nothing special but goes down pretty easy.

5.8

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

Cask at the Craven Arms; light yellow pour with a thin white head, malt aroma, taste has pale malt, sweet caramel, not much hop going on but clean and refreshing.

6.5

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

Cask at the Gig House, Wokingham, 01/08/14. Clear pale golden with a well appointed off white covering. Nose is pale malts, green apple, floral rinse, bready notes. Taste comprises orchard fruit, light vanilla vein, NZ hop pangs, soft bread dough, lemon rind, floral tones. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Probably a golden blonde for me as opposed to a bitter, in great shape, could session on this.