Came across this beer at ‘The Old Spring’ in Cambridge, England late Nov 2011: pump clip called it ’London Glory’ . Having never heard of it before I decided to order a pint from the young lady behind the bar. Hand pulled by the said young lady into a Greene King IPA badged pint sleeve. The beer was an amber colour with a medium depth (quarter of an inch) of white head: made up of tight bubbles, it looked fine. The nose a blend of citrusy hops and malty caramel esters: nothing very strong, but a slight aroma when really searched for. Nothing huge in the taste area, some hints of malts if I’m being kind: with some floral hop content so weak I had trouble detecting it. Yet another Greene King product that seems to be brewed from some base wort and then tweaked to be a new beer. It was my first beer of a long weekend drinking mission and although I quite enjoyed its blandness because it quenched my thirst and prepared me for what was to follow, I’ll never have had another one by choice.

Cask. Frothy white good mostly lasting head. Amber colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter nice flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate.

Tap @ The Phoenix, London. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are caramel, malt, fruits and hops.

Cask@Turf Tavern, Oxford. Amber colour, small off-white fluffy head. Aroma is black currant, nutty, resiny and some wooden notes as well. Flavour is wood, caramel, nuts, some resiny and mild spicy notes.
Earlier Rating: 8/24/2010 Total Score: 2.6
Cask@GBBF2010. Amber colour, small off-white head. Aroma is fruits, wood and saltwater. Flavour is much the same, but has some quite vegetably notes to it as well. Quite grassy finish.

Cask at GBBF 2010. An amber beer with a yellowish head. The aroma has notes of malt, caramel, elderflowers, and hops. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, citrusy hops, and caramel. The malt seem chewy.

Cask, handpump at The Highwayman, Kidlington, Oxon, whilst Morris Dancing at the pub 11.07.11 Pours brown with good clarity and an off white head. Fruity in the mouth with middling bitterness, and a fruity tang also noted. It’s ok and perfectly acceptable but not an exciting beer. A6 A4 T6 P3 Ov12 3.1

Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2010, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.Clear medium amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, light caramel - nutty, light coffee. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100804]

Cask at The Old Explorer (a GK pub), London, under its assumed alias London Glory. Beautiful mahogany colour, coarse small off-white head. No aroma detectable. Thin mouthfeel. Dry flavour, moderate hops. Drinkable, but not exciting. You’d think GK should be able to come up with something better than this.

Cask handpull at Betjamen Arms, St Pancras station. Darkish brown, thin beige head. Some GK yeast over an ok if underwhelming bitter. Some bitterness on finish. It’s ok-ish. GK yeast runs through it. I mean it is a bitter so ticks those boxes. Not unpleasant.

cask at GBBF 2010 ... copper .... sweet toffee malt ... fruity nose ... soft sweet dulll fruit hop ... again midling