8

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

Can from Café Beermoth, Manchester. Copper coloured pour with a beige head. Aromas of dried fruit, nuts, touch of orchard fruit. Flavours of dried fruit, raisin, caramel, coconut toffee. Rich sweet warming finish.

7

can at joes... copper... thin tan lacing... soft sweet spicy toffee malts nose.. juicy caramel toffee malts

8.1

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

Can from Cornelius. Clear amber body with a beige head. Lively carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of caramel, toffee and dried leaves. Flavour of tea, brown sugar and cranberry. Medium body with a slick texture. Soft fizz. Sweet and tangy.

7.2

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

Keg at BD Shoreditch, 31/08/22. Golden pour topped with a decent off white crown. Nose is dried fruits, straw, biscuit, bitter orange, light malt base, breads. Taste comprises orange peel, grass, straw, biscuit malts, light breads, melon. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close dusted with mellow hop bitterness. Not bad ... not an ESB for me ... a kind of English strong vs IPA hybrid.

5.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

On tap at Brewdog Clerkenwell, pours a clear dark cherry reddish amber with a small beige head. Aroma brings out bready malt, a hint of tart berry, and an even tinier hint of caramel. Flavour is dry and malty, with bready malt, toasted caramel, and a hint of tartness. Not exactly on point — that tartness shouldn't be there. And the malts don't seem forceful enough. For the ABV (and price) this is a letdown.

3.8

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 15

Can online from Trembling Madness. Pours clear copper-amber with an off-white cap. Aroma; Sweet malts, caramel, candied citrus. Taste: Light to moderate sweet & moderate bitter, toasted malts, bread, caramel, berries, marmalade, leaves. Medium body with moderate carbonation. my first Sureshot, will seek more.

7

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

Can at home in Hackney - picked up from HOTM. Pours clear copper-gold with a slight, creamy off-white head. Light-medium sweet flavour, some lightly toasted malts, some vague fruity notes, bread, leaves. Light bodied with fine to average carbonation. Moderate sweetness to finish, more light fruity-berry notes, sun-kisses malts. Simple, enjoyable.

7.4

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

Tap at the cuckoo tap room Exeter. A light hazed burnt orange amber coloured pour with a lasting beige cap. Aroma is semi sweet, nutty malts, orange zest, fruit fruit, tangerine, candy orange. Flavour is composed of nutty, toasted bread, zesty orange, orange marmelade, firm bitterness. Palate is semi sweet rounded, grainy, highish carbonation.