6.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Gravity cask at the Ale Wagon's 20th Birthday Beer Festival, Leicester. Mahogany, very translucent, with a combover of off-white head. Smokey aroma, firewood, a sharp metallic note and a more delicate floral character. Sweet taste with a strong smokey flavour, but there's a slight unwelcome vegetal character: nothing wrong with the condition but it's got a touch of something messy. Body is way, way too watery and flat as can be. Decent but far from world beating.