24/10/2013. SHAKESPEARES HEAD, Africa House, 64-68 Kingsway, LONDON, WC2, England (WETHERSPOONS)

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

Cask at the foot of the walk. Pours golden amber, sweet toffee, dry and bitter, light fruit.

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

Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms (JDW), Bristol, October 2013. Golden with a slight white head. Gooseberry and pineapple aroma, crisp malts and a hoppy, dry finish. Very good.

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

Cask at the Kings Highway, Inverness, 19/10/13. Murky orange amber with a good sized off white head. Nose is citric, toasted malts, light grapefruit. Taste comprises orange pith, light grapefruit tang, tropical notes, mandarin, light hops. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, dry grassy bitterness in the finale. Solid GB.

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

Cask, handpump at The Penny Black, JDW, Sunday 2nd November 2013. Pours gold with slim filmy white head. Wonderful tropical nose, hops really shining here, its juicy, fruiyy, bittersweet, moreish. Tastes great as well, not sure if this was one of the festival beers if so it is my favourite. Just had another. A8 A5 T8 P4 Ov17 4.1

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

Cask at the Moon Under Water (JDW), Watford on 18 October. Poured a clear golden colour with a medium white head and good lacing. Perfumed citrus hop aroma with some maltiness. Flavours of melon, grassy hops and straw. Finishes with pine needles, grapefruit and bready malt.

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

Cask @ The Benjamin Huntsman, Sheffield [191013]
Yellow, soft haze, dense white head
Aroma of sweet tropical fruits, mango, grapefruit
Taste of troopial fruits, citrus hops, mango, touch of orange, some dry zest, soft sweet pale malts
Palate - Medium body, light bit creamy texture. Finish as main flavour, more zest comes through in finish, bit grassy zest, bitter tail
Overall - Decent .... i’d like to re-rate this one though

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

Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell. Plae straw with a thin white head; fruity aroma - predominantly sweet grapefruit; sharp grapefruit taste at first, then developing some sweet fuzzy peach; then a crisp and clean finish. refreshing and much better than anticipated.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 8

@ Bankers Draft (JDW), Bedford. Gold with no head. Not particularly lively. Aroma is a lovely hit of Nelson Sauvin: pineapple, elderflower, pine. Taste is complex: sweet to bitter to very bitter to a sweet finish - no wait - bitter again. Only the thin oily palette is a let down.

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

Hand-pulled half-pint in the Montgomery’s Tower, Shrewsbury on 19th Oct 2013. Good deep golden hue to the body, on top a foaming white covering that hung around. The aroma reminded me of a tropical punch or cocktail: fruity and inviting. Nice blend of flavours, the hops give a bitter and dry feel to the taste, the malts a sweet undertone. Not a stand out brew, but pleasant enough and another Thwaites beer that is worth trying.