Cask (handpump) @ Ye Cracke, 13 Rice Street, Liverpool, Merseyside, England L1 9BB.ABV: 3.6%. Clear medium yellow orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, light hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120116]

Pint, hand pulled during a ’Meet the brewer’ evening in my new Wetherspoons (Oct 2011). Golden copper coloured body, clear and fairly bright, thin white head on top. The challenger and goldings gave off a nice hoppy aroma, not too strong but they were there for sure. The taste was a mix of the said hops and some mild toffee flavours, not unpleasant but fairly weak. The beer is only 3.6% ABV but it lacked umph and the body wasn’t heavy enough for me. I’d imagine it to be fine on a warm, sunny afternoon watching cricket, but I didn’t really take to it I’m afraid.

Cask @ Charles Dickens, Southwark SE1. Pours a clear golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma. Fruity malty caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty caramel finish.

Cask at the Wenlock Arms, London. Pours a semi-clear hue with light film. Fruity aroma with yeast and dough. Sweet flavor with Belgian candi-like notes, caamel malts, and earthy bitterness. Medium in body with fine carbonation. Finishes bitter with some grassy hops and faint caramel malts. Good.

Cask at Swan with Two Nicks, Worcester. It’s a slightly buttery toffee bitter, some attractive softness in mouth, not much hop. Not much bitterness either but it was a damn sight better than the Bodddingtons.