7.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Medium dark copper with a tan head. Light caramel, fruity, earthy hops. Medium bodied. Slightly sweet and dry with some bitterness. Lovely.

7.8

Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Pint of cask out the barrel at the Lytton Arms beer festival. This is a perfect and down the line bitter. All boxes ticked. Nothing special and nothing bad

7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Hand-pulled half-pint in The Ship & Mitre on 15th May 2025. Amber body, off-white head. Solid Bitter with a woody, earthy feel throughout, some orchard fruits appear alongside a decent malt background.

6

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

Cask (O'Neill's, Uppsala) - Copper in colour. Dried fruit and some earthy notes feature prominently in both the aroma and the taste. Mediocre.

6.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Handpull cask at the Fountain Inn, Tipton. Brownish gold, clear with a big buff head. Lots of lacing. Astringent, woody aroma. Taste has a surprising sweetness, with notes of caramel, before fading into a good bitterness. Light body, soft carbonation. As basic a bitter as you’ll ever find, but not bad.

7

Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

From cask at The Grove, Huddersfield, 28.03.25. Clear mahogany amber. Beige head and lacing. Aroma and taste of sweet pale malt, sweet medium rosted malt, dried berries and medium low hop bitterness. Perhaps slightly waterish.

6.6

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

Cask at Greyfriar, Reading. Aroma has charcoal and coffee, alongside toffee. Opaque cola brown. Foamy beige head soon retreats to the rim.finish. Initial coffee and sour berries, followed by porridge and malts. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent.

7

Pleasantly malty.