6.6

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

Old rating from 2014 - from the cask, pours amber with a tiny white head. Aromas & tastes of caramel, fruits, bread & malt. Moderate body. Sweet malty finish

03/12/1996. STAFFORD ARMS, 43 Railway Street, STAFFORD, Staffordshire, England (TITANIC INNS)

6.6

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

Cask at the Red Lion and Pineapple - Acton. Pours clear, dark gold with a foamy, white head. Sweet beer, with moderate bready malts, sugary fruits, minimal bitterness. Medium bodied with fine carbonation; OK condition. Finishes with further sweet malt character and mellow, sugary fruits. Fine.

5.2

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

Cask at The Metropolitan Bar (W’Spoons), Baker Street, London. A dark amber/ruby red coloured pour with a medium white head on top. Vague fruity, caramel. Tastes fruity, caramel, almost metallic. Clearly not very fresh. I left most of it.

6.8

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

(Cask at Angleterre, 20140602) The beer poured ruby red and clear. Its head was medium sized, white and it lasted long. Aroma had toffee, caramel and grass. Palate was medium bodied with low carbonation. Flavours were caramel, sweetness, earth, grass, malts and bitterness. Aftertaste was sweet, malty and bitter. A way too sweet ESB.

5.6

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

Cask @ Barum Top Inn, Halifax. Copper with a frothy head. Has a sweetness throughout with a medium body.

5.8

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

cask@The Crosse Keys JDW, London - amber pour with small white head. Fruity and sweet malty number, toasty, caramel, light toffee, some light floral and herbal nuance. Okish

7.8

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

Cask at the Claude du Vall (JDW), Camberley. Copper cloured with a ring of cream head; toffee apple aroma; dry in the mouth with fruity plum flavours and some soft caramel; the finish is biscuity with underlying spicy hops. Lipsmacking and moreish overall.

6.1

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

Cask @ Snow Goose, Inverness 270611 Appereance - Amber brown, hazy, frothy off white head..good lacing. Aroma - fruity malt, bit of apple, slight roast. Taste - fruity red berry malt, hint of apple (less than the aroma), some caramel malt, some roasted malt. Finish of fruity malt with lingering roasted bitterness. Quite good beer, above average, the hint of apple doesn’t spoil the taste.

6.2

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

April 2008. Malty brown ale with a toffeeish fruity tang. Mildly bitter finish.