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

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

330ml can (4.5% ABV). Drank at home on 8th February 2026 while waiting for the Super Bowl to start. Clean amber/brown body, off white head. Woody/twiggy/earthy Best Bitter; nice blend.

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

440ml can 'Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of Asda', this one at 4.5%. Clear light copper amber pour with white head; decent retention and lacing. Aroma of pale malt with leafy hop, fruit cake and a touch of caramel. Flavour is woody and leafy with sweet cake, stone fruits, bread crust and caramel. Light to mid bodied with a nice fine carbonation. A good bitter.

Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Can from Asda. Clear deep golden body with an off-white head. Low carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of wood, earth, berries and fruit cake. Flavour of earthy spice and brown bread. Thin to medium body with a slick texture. Soft fizz. This is an excellent example of the style, at a very good price.

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

cask at the Great Exhibition 2025 ...copper thin tan lacing . soft sweet woody mslts..light dry caramel toffee malts

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cask-conditioned at the Swan, York 21/1/2017. Deep mahogany in colour, with a creamy, off-white, head. Hedgerow fruits, sweet, bready, malt, leafy hops, leading to a moderately bitter finish. Good.

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

Cask at Port Street Beerhouse, Manchester on 29th September 2016. Copper with lasting off-white lacing foam. Rich malty aroma. Grassy hop and biscuit malts in-mouth with a citrus touch. Rounded bittersweet finish. A zingy mouthfeel and a fair amount of body.

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

Cask @ Old Gate, Hebden Bridge. Copper-amber with a small creamy head. Has a sweetened malt-hop character, but not too bitter despite being part of the beer’s name.

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

Cask at North Bar. Leeds jaunt. Pours clear gold with a thin white head. Aromas of toffee, malt. Taste is light malt, caramel, faint herbs on the finish.

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

Cask (gravity) @ [ London Craft Beer Festival 2014 ] @ Oval Space, 29-32 The Oval, London, Greater London, England, E2 9DT. [ As Kirkstall BYB ].Clear medium yellow color with a small, open and fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is light moderate malty, pale malt, earthy notes. Flavor is light moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration, light barley, light grain, light cereal. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat. [20140817]