13/08/1995. CREWE ARMS, Sparrow Corner, HINTON IN THE HEDGES, Northamptonshire, England (FREE HOUSE)

6.5

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

on tap ambrata quasi limpida un po diacetile biscotto lieve nota quasi agrume amaro medio un po corta

4.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Cask @ The Moon Under Water, Wolverhampton before Derren Brown. Clear amber, decent off-white cap. Honest amber, quite light bodied, vague caramel. Gone in a flash.

7.9

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

Cask at Moon under Water, Wolverhampton. Malts and a general sweetness in the pleasant aroma. Pours reddish amber with a small foamy off-white head and good lacing. Sweet malts again initially in the mouth, together with some berry fruits. After a while traditional hops start to take over with a caramel base and some traces of nuts. Finish is quite dry and bitter. This is a pretty good traditional bitter that punches well above its weight.

6.8

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

Cask: Poured an orange amber, head is creamy khaki. Aroma is fruity, malty, nutty. Taste is bitter fruit forward, solid malty backbone.

6.4

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

Cask at the Thomas Lloyd, Warwick. Poured a clear medium amber colour with a lasting frothy off-white head. The aroma is malt, light woody hops. The flavour is moderate bitter, with a smooth, malt, earthy, nutty, herbal, light woody hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

5.9

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

Cask at Knights Templar (JDW), Bristol. Pours light hazed dark golden with a white cap. Aroma: grain & cereal malts, caramel, light grapefruit. Taste: light sweet & bitter, more malts, grain, bread, light caramel, fruity hops. Light to medium body with soft carbonation. Steady.

6.8

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

# 3004; 6/2022. Caramel, fruity, honey and herbal aroma. Cloudy copper body, persistant creamy off-white head. Caramel, fruity, honey, spicy, earthy. Good bitter, more comparable to ESB, I guess. Pint, hand-pulled, pub, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England.

6.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at Archie's. It pours clear brown with a decent fluffy white head. The aroma is twiggy, sweet, perfumed, dried fruits, raisin, caramel, toffee, fruit loaf and nut. The taste is bitter - sweet, toffee, caramel, nutty, twiggy, dried fruits, raisin, sultana, fruit loaf, earth and leather with a dry finish. Medium body and lively carbonation. Rounded and moreish. Actually pretty nice.

6.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Hand-pulled pint in Montgomery Towers (a Spoons in Shrewsbury) on 22nd May 2022. Looked good, clean amber body, off-white head that hung around. Malty front to the nose and taste, fruity hop bitterness creep in to give a nicely balanced Bitter.