5.4

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

Another very disappointing bottle from this brewery, from Cider Press in Dartington. BB - 01/04/23. Pours a clear medium brown with a small amount of life & head that disappears quick. Aromas & tastes malt and hints of dark fruits. Medium body. Malty finish. Drinkable but I'd like to try on cask next time as bottle conditioning is not up to much.

09/09/2015. GEORGE, 17-20 George Street, CROYDON, Greater London, England (WETHERSPOONS)

6.4

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

Cask at Charlie Hall; dark clear amber pour with a fluffy off white head, aroma has malt, taste is malty, hint of fruit, slightly bitter, classic English bitter

5.8

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

Cask at Moon Under Water, Wolverhampton. Pours “bitter brown” with ample white head and good lacing. Malts and sugar in the nose. Sweet malts again in the mouth, with traces of caramel and nuts. Some bitterness comes thorugh at the finish. A decent traditional bitter – but a bit one dimensional.

6

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

Cask handpull at The County Hotel Spoons Ashford. hazy brown colour lasting beige head. decent condition. some biscuit something a little harsh. some hop on finish. standard bitter slightly sour. good condition.

6.5

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

Sample at the gate house Jdw. Medium white head. clear pale golden pour. Light bitterness.

6.6

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

Wow, first rate of this in nearly three years. Bottle, courtesy of my mate Totnes. Opened with a big hiss. Pours clear, pale amber. Lively stuff. Huge, foamy, milk white head. Nose has nutty grain. Leafy hop. Bit of a wood glue thing. Taste is nutty sweet. Plenty of green leaf bitterness. Light body. Slightly drying. Low carbonation. Light bitter finish. Ok.

6.1

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

Cask at the Bell Hotel, JDW - Norwich. Pours clear, dark gold with a dense, creamy off-white head. Toasted leaves and husky grains in the aroma. Light sweet flavor with leafy bitterness, some dry toffee, leather, grain husk, tobacco. Light bodied with fine carbonation. OK finish, some grassy and leafy bitterness, more grain and tobacco, wood, leather. So so bitter.

7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

30th Sep 2015: two hand-pulled cask pints in my local Wetherspoons. Clear amber/light brown body, an off-white topping stayed around for the whole pint each time. Fruity and malty with a hop backbone that kept in the shadows throughout, semi-sweet really with a mixed bag of fruity aromas and flavours.

5.3

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

Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2014, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Summerskills Westward Ho! ].Clear medium amber color with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, hay, apple, light caramel. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, apple, caramel. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat. [20140813]