7.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5

Two hand-pulled pints at the Wrekin Inn on Saturday 8th June 2024. Clean and clear pale amber body, white crown. Tropical/citrussy nose and taste, oranges and grapefruit in equal measures initially, good body depth and tasty, hence having a second pint!

6.8

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

Can at home, from CW online, 01/12/20. Clear golden amber with a decent off white head that retains well. Nose is malt forward, caramel, grains, bread dough. Taste comprises caramel, bread, hint of orange, malted bite, biscuit. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a moderate level of bitterness. Could well be a new recipe looking at the origin of the beer ... perhaps not ... looks like a 'my first IPA' love in back then ... more a malt forward affair now akin to an English strong. Ok offering ... nothing I'd return to.

7

Clear golden with white head. Sweet malts, earl grey & wet hops, floral pollen/nectar notes, trad. English dead cask ale. Sweet, leathery bitter, somewhat sickly notes. Firm body. Low carbonation. I like that it’s different from what I usually drink.

7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Can at home. Clear deep golden with fluffy almost white head. Caramel malts, bread crust, has this lovely deep malty nose. Later more apple, flowers, soft berries, bitter herbs. Medium sweet and quite bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Has a lovely nose but also some stuff I don't like a lot. Quite interesting though, and a nice change from all the NEIPAs of now.

6.8

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

Cask at the Wellington; clear golden yellow pour with a bubbly white head, aroma has grapefruit and sweet malts, taste has sweet caramel, sticky malts, grapefruit and some tangerine.

7.3

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

Cask at the Wellington, Birmingham. Poured a crystal clear light amber with a bubbly white head. The aroma is spicy hop, orange citrus. The flavour is moderate to light bitter with a smooth, light, tropical citrus, spicy hop palate. Medium to light bodied with soft carbonation.

6.1

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

Cask @ Fox & Goose, Hebden Bridge. Hazy orange-yellow with a small creamy head. Has some citris although it’s fairly solid in its fruity taste with a fair bitterness.

7

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

On cask at Kelham Island Tavern, Sheffield - Yellow hazy body, lasting white head. Nose is reminiscent of some IPAs, lots of hoppy citrus in the aroma. Taste is a bittersweet concoction, a little sugary at times, with a good long finish of citrus again. Very nice.

7.4

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

Cask at the Waggon and Horses, Halesowen. Pours light gold with a medium head. Aroma was sweet malt with some slight notes of tropical fruit hops. Taste had sweet malt to start with a sweet hop finish and some tropical fruit in the aftertaste. Full in the mouth. Tasty stuff.