8

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

Bottle at home after a 1.5 hour round trip to collect the offspring through terribly flooded roads. Great pour with a rich head and a deep mahogany colour in the glass. This is a proper and very good best bitter. Malt and hops perfectly balanced. This just hits the spot.

6.5

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

500ml bottle: BBE March 2023. Drank at home on 19th July 2022. Amber body, weak wispy head. Biscuit malts in the nose and taste, light fruity undertones.

6.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at Oakes Barn, Bury St E. Malt and caramel aroma. Medium chestnut. Frothy white head provides 75% coverage. Light sweet msltiness followed by a touch of sourness. Underlying light bitterness. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft carbonation. Long finish. Pleasent enough palate but pretty dull otherwise.

7

Ty Grumbo. Aroma and flavor are sweet, malty, hoppy, dry, black tea, some caramel, fruits, sugar. Finish is dry. Carbonation is high. Wish I could try real ale version of this! Good. 3.6

6.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

4/5/2020. Sample courtesy of the SHIG, cheers! Pours clear dark gold with a small bubbly white head. Aroma of malt, hops, fruit, flowers, light caramel. Medium sweetness and light bitterness. Moderate body, slight oily and watery texture, soft carbonation.

6

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

Bottle: Poured a deeper golden with a off white head. Aroma is malty and a bit penny copper metal. Taste is a nice malty and bitter. No glits but good drinker.

5.4

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

Bottle from Waitrose, Stevenage. Golden with a thin head. Has a good malt-hop balance with a small fruitiness throughout, and an easy drinking texture.

6.8

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

Cask at the White Swan, Solihull. Poured a clear medium amber with a frothy white head. The aroma is light malt, light hop. The flavour is moderate bitter with a rich smooth woody hop bitter palate and a lingering bitter finish. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. An easy drinking session bitter.

6.6

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

Cask at cloisters. Pours clear amber, thin white head. Light red fruit notes, malt, caramel. Taste is light sweet, nutty. Sweet finish.