24/10/2022. BELL HANGER, 9-10 St Mary Street, CHEPSTOW, Monmouthshire, Wales (WETHERSPOONS)

6.8

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

Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms (JDW), Bristol 15/10/2022. Golden in colour, with a thin, white, head. Floral hops, pine needles, juicy tropical fruits, a touch of berry sweetness and a moderately dry finish. Good.

6.8

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

Cask@The Moon Under the Water, Norbury (30/10/2022) - Light fruity with some subtle tropical and citrus fruit, pine needles, light soft pale malts, soft cask carb, bitter hoppy finish. Not bad, easy drinking.

3.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 3.5

Cask at Butlers Bell, Stafford. Pours a golden yellow with a small white head and good lacing. Aroma is some vague mango and kiwi. Mango again to the fore in the mouth to start, but very quickly this becomes bitter citrus hops which rapidly turn sticky and clog up the roof of the mouth. There’s some, lime, berry fruits and tinned mandarin oranges, All in all a horrid mish-mash – yuck !

5.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask @ Regal Moon, Rochdale. Wetherspoon Autumn Beer Festival 2022. Golden with a creamy head and a hint of carbonation. Very dry tasting, seemingly locking in its fruitiness, which is apparent, but certainly doesn't explode in the palate as the brew's tasting notes suggest.

6.2

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

[Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading.] A pale amber pour with a trace of white head; strangely meaty aroma; dry in the mouth with a grapefruit taste; and a dry pithy bitter finish. Strange.