6

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

Old rating from Feb 2015 - Pint from the cask at the Devonshire Arms in Cambridge. Pours copper with a white head. Aromas & tastes of fruits, earth, toffee & malt. Moderate body. Long moderate bitter finish.

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6

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

Gyldenbrun. Lavt skum. Karamellaroma. Smaken mere karamell. Behagelig tørr bitter avslutning. Bra - men litt ensformig.

6.8

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

Cask at The Whole Hog, Malmesbury. Decent condition. Darker amber with a white head. Earthy with crisp autumn leaves. Malty toffee and a little orange. Like all good bitters it gets better as you drink more - it's well worth having a full pint rather than just a sample. Lasting bitterness in the finish. Overall it's your archetypal traditional English bitter, and done well.

6.4

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

Gravity poured half-pint at the 23rd Codsall Station beer festival on 3rd May 2019. Light amber/copper body, off-white crown. The nose gives notice of semi-sweet caramel maltiness in the taste, some mild fruitiness from the hops too. Decent.

7.5

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

From old notes: Cask @ Booze on the Ouse fest, St. Ives, 2000. Amber color. Really good bitter, without being overly bitter. I wonder what I would think of it now...

5.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask @ Devonshire Arms, Cambridge. Nice head with good duration. Color is amber. Aroma and taste are toffee, hops, caramel and malt. Light bitter finish.

5.5

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

Cask @ Devonshire Arms, Cambridge. Clear amber with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and toffee. Flavor is medium sweet. Sweet finish. No real bitterness. 151018

5.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask @ Calans, Hebden Bridge. Amber-brown with a creamy head. Has a well balanced malty-bitterness with some bready graininess.

7.1

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

Cask at St Jude's Tavern, Ipswich. Pours dark amber/brown with a bubbly off-white head. Aroma of biscuit, malt, toffee and dark fruits. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Medium body, slight oily texture, soft carbonation. A decent bitter.