6.3

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

5.2

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

Catching up on some paper ratings. Sample courtesy of Grumbo. Cheers. Aroma of fruit, biscuit, veg, slightly metallic, malty with a bit of caramel. Taste again had hints of metallic, vegy and off fruit. Quite watery. Not really for me.

20/12/1997. NEW ZEALAND ARMS, 2 Langley Street, DERBY, Derbyshire, England (ALLIED DOMECQ (Festival Ale Houses)). Check-in dates from when the brewery was known as Oldershaw

5.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Cask at the Grantham Beer Festival 2021. As Zest Newton's Drop. Pours clear amber brown with a frothy white head. Good looking beer. Aroma of manure, stewed fruits, biscuit, malt, boiled veg. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Moderate body, slightly watery, soft carbonation. Earthy finish. Improved a bit on initial impressions but wasn’t great.

5.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Cask at Shrewsbury Arms, Stafford – as Zest Newton’s Drop. Pours the classic “bitter brown” with a small foamy off-white head. There are malts and nuts in the nose, but not very strongly. Taste is the usual standard bitter offerings of caramel, malts and toffee, all with an off-putting metallic undercurrent. Finish is pretty dry with that metallic edge lingering. Not too keen on this one.

6.5

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

Cask at the 4th Olds & Bolds Beer Festival, Footscray Rugby Club, 2018. Copper coloured pour with a white head. Aromas of caramel, toffee, splash of orchard fruit. Flavours of caramel, sweet malt, more toffee. Good.

6.1

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

Clear amber colpur, minimal off-white head; aroma and taste of mild roasted nuts, toast, some floral notes and maybe slight biscuit and fruitiness; correct ale, nothing more

6.3

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

Cask (gravity) @ NWAF 2015, National Winter Ales Festival (2015), The Roundhouse, Pride Park, Derby, Derbyshire, England, DE24 8JE. [ As Oldershaw Newton’s Drop ].Clear medium amber orange color with a small to average, open and frothy - fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, sweet malt, pale malt, caramel. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a long duration, fruity malt, pale malt, caramel. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20150213] 6-3-7-3-12

5.6

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

500ml bottle from the brewery. Amber beer with a white head. Malty aroma with a dusty edge. Taste a touch flat.

6.2

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

500ml bottle from Beers of Europe. Pours clear golden amber, thick white head. Aromas of caramel, light herbs, grassy too. Taste is butterscotch, more light herbal notes, metallic finish.