7.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

On cask up the White Lady.
Appearance - deep amber and clear. Soft, fluffy white head.
Nose - orange peel, toffee, honey and general cake notes.
Taste - more cake, burnt butter, prunes and toffee.
Palate - medium bodied, creamy middle with nicely balanced bitterness on the finish.
Overall - yep, great example of the style

7

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Cask up the White Lady. Pours clear golden amber with a thick cream-coloured head. Aromas of toffee and hazelnut. Taste adds light spice and malt. Light sweet finish.

7.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

2nd October 2024
Bottle in Brighstone, IOW. Clear amber beer, small cream colour head. Smooth palate, Smooth malts, a little creamy, a little unsweet caramel. The Fuggles and Golding's provide a decent ripeish orange, fairly juicy, a little cooling pine on the finish along with a mellow bitterness. Old school done very well.

6.4

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

500ml bottle from a shop in Lyndhurst. Shared with Blackhaddock at his gaff. Pours a clear chestnut brown, good off-white head. Aroma of toasted malt. Flavour profile is malty-focussed, gentle caramel notes, pleasant easy going bitter.

6.4

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

10th April 2024, mega Panda and tasting session with minutemat at my place. Cheers Mat for bringing the 500ml bottle of this along. Clean and clear chestnut body, off-white crown. Malty front with a decent hop bitterness in the finish.

13/04/2002. TRAVELLERS JOY, 85 Pallance Road, NORTHWOOD, Isle Of Wight, England (FREE HOUSE)

6.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle bought at Cider Barn, Godshill. Aroma had malts, grains and dark berries. Clear chestnut. Thin foamy off-white head. Light-medium bitter with a big zesty sour streak. Warming malts. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long slightly astringent finish. Enjoyable ESB.

7.3

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

Bottle bought on the isle of wight ferry. Deep amber brown colour with an off white head. Aroma and taste chocolate mslty. Slight nutty. Smooth light bitter.

7.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle at home – gift from my brother. Pours a golden amber with a small frothy off-white head. Malts and honey combine to give a pleasant aroma. Pretty much the same in the mouth, where the low carbonation is a bonus. Some nuts and caramel in the flavour too, and after a while bitter hops come through to dominate. Finish is dry and quite bitter. This is a really good strong bitter – lovely ! --- Beer merged from original tick of Duck's Folly on 03 Mar 2025 at 00:00 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 5.5. Original review text: Cask at Picture House, Stafford. Pours a dark copper with a small scummy cream head and good lacing. Has a rather muted aroma of traditional hops and spices. In the mouth there is a brief initial burst of sweetness before bitterness come to dominate. Flavour has traditional hops, marmite and spices pls hnts of ginger. Finish is somewhat dry. This is reasonable though not particularly memorable !

6.8

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

This is a solid, decent best bitter. Pours a clear chestnut/amber, with a bubbly off-white head and a sweet malt aroma. There’s an initial kick of spicy bitterness followed by a smooth fruit malt taste with some mild hop bitterness. IoW tick!!!