24/06/2008. GREEN MAN, 1 Poultry, LONDON, EC2, England (WETHERSPOONS)

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

Cask @ Brockley Barge, JDW. Nunhead SE4. Pours a clear pale golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty citrus hoppy aroma. Fruity malty hoppy flavor with some hints of citrus. Dry malty hoppy citrus finish.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Cask Conditioned at J.D. Watherspoon - The Shakespear’s Head, London, 4.4% ABV
Hazy deep blond color; thin creamy head. The aroma is light, perfumy, flowery (very light elderflowers). Dry toffee flavor, quite strong bitterness, but nothing special.

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

cask at JDW edinburgh ...bright yellow ... bright light fruity hop ... dry hoppy ... light fruity ... typical pale.

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

[Cask at the Monks Retreat (JDW), Reading.] Amber with a thin cream head; spicy hop aroma; creamy mouthfeel, with some chewy malts; gently bitter and slightly spicy to finish. Pleasant but unexciting.

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

Cask at The Penny Black, JDW Bicester, Oxon, Pours light gold with white head, soft feeling in the mouth. Simple hoppiness, light creamy vanilla, and the a nice light easy going bitterness.

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

From cask at Standing Order. Pours clear and golden yellow with a fully gone head. Mild spiced and slight malty towards minimal butterish aroma. Bitter and hoppy flavoured with a mild butterish note. Ends spiced and medium dry.

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

Cask @ County Hotel (JDW) Ashford. Caramel in colour, Shepherd Neame distinctive yeast nose and citric nose. Malty caramel and fullish in mouth with slightly dry finish, slightly earthy. For a Sheps beer, I quite liked it