11/04/2000. HOGSHEAD, 64 High Street, MANCHESTER, Greater Manchester, England (WHITBREAD)

6.8

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

Cask pint in the Auctioneer, Blackpool on 8th Sep 2016. Clear amber pour, off-white crown that hung around. Light toffee aroma and flavour with some mild hop bitterness late on. My sweet tooth liked it.

5.5

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

Leeds Beer Festival. Copper-amber with next to no head. Sugar sweet nose with a high sweet taste.

6.5

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

Cask (handpump) @ Barony Bar, 83 - 85 Broughton Street, Edinburgh, Scotland EH1 3RJ.Clear medium amber colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, nutty, caramel, berry - toffee notes. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20101031]

6.4

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

From cask. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white and dense head. Aroma is light roasted malty and light butterish. Bitter hoppy and roasted malt base. Slight caramelish. Bitter and crisp fruity intothe finish.

6.4

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

Cask, gravity at Chadlington Beer Festival, Chadlington Village Hall, Oxon, 05-06-10 Pours amber with a white filmy head. This is quite malty and with toffee showing up front its a bit too sweet and uninteresting for me. A6 A3 T7 P3 Ov13 3.2

5.9

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

Pint shared with Finn. Thin, creamy white head over a clear, dark brown body. Strange aroma of late apples and wet paper. Slightly better in taste with weight on butter caramel. Dry ending and very vague bitterness. A bit unfinished? (cask at Dog & Duck, Soho, London 01.05.2008). 2-3-4-3-8 (Overall 2.0). ReRate: In much better shape at North Western (JDW) in Liverpool 27.01.2020. Pearl white head, bright amber, cling lacing. Malt-fruit smell, mid-sweet. Malt-fruity flavours of caramel malts and ripe lemon. Fair bittersweet finish. Cask shared with Finn.

7

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

Cask at wentworth edinburgh ... Copper ... light fruity malt ... light pleasent fruit .. little hop ... little watery ... quit pleasent.

6

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

Rerate 2020. Delt med Rune. Gyldenbrun. Filmskum. Forsiktig aroma av malt & litt syrlig frukt. Smaken kjeks & nøtter. Lett tørr avslutning. Opprinnelig rating: Cask at Market Porter London SE1 29 Apr 06. Brown colour. A nice white head. Otherwise extremely dull. 2 4 1 2 8

6.8

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

Sampled cask conditioned at Oliver Twist, Stockholm.
Nut brown. Sweet and rounded, soapy, creamy and caramelly. Medium bodied with notes of coffee. Whipped cream finish with absolutely no bitterness. A fragile subtle beer, but I agree with RichardGretton in that the commercial description is way out of line.