6.4

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

500ml bottle. Poured a mostly clear medium amber colour with a lasting frothy white head. The aroma is malt, light hops. The flavour is moderate to light bitter, with a smooth, malty, light hop bitter palate. Medium to light bodied with soft carbonation.

3.6

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 3

500ml bottle, some 3+ months before Best Before. Pours a very dead amber with zero head. Aromas & tastes of dried fruit, toffee & biscuit malt. Just about drinkable at a push. Very disappointing

6.4

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

Rocky off white head on a unclear deep vivid amber coloured body. Minimal malt aroma. Medium, smooth with a cloying back. Malt, brown sugar, liquorice & herbal tastes with a lightly hopped sweet finish. Standard.

7.1

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

Hand-pulled half-pint on 24th August 2023; London Inn, Morchard Bishop, Devon (cracking pub food). Copper body, clean and clear, off-white head. Malty front in the nose and taste, decent traditional hop presence (no citrusy hops). Liked it, but was driving, so just a half for me.

5.8

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

Cask at Bird in Hand, Bishops Lydeard, Somerset. Pours clear mid brown with an off-white cap. Aroma: malt, caramel, toffee hints. Taste: light sweet & bitter, semi-dry, biscuit malts, caramel, floral hop. Light to medium body with soft carbonation. Not bad.

05/09/2018. MARINE, The Esplanade, SIDMOUTH, Devon, England (PATRON CAPITAL)

6.4

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

Sample thanks to Grumbo: Poured a caramel brown with a frothy white head. Aroma is biscuit, malty, caramel and toffee. Taste is very malty, sweet, doughy, biscuit, caramel.

6.8

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

30/5/2020. Bottle from Darts Farm near Topsham, Devon. Pours clear bright amber bronze with a large frothy white head. Aroma of malt, toffee, hops, biscuit and light resin. Medium sweetness and moderate bitterness. Medium body slight oily texture, soft carbonation. Nice bittersweet finish. Looked good and pretty good overall.

6.4

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

Bottle in the hotel in Dartmouth, 01/05/17. Golden to light copper with a decent off White head. Nose is bitter orange, light floral notes, straw, caramel, biscuit. Taste comprises fruit esters, light perfume, pomegranate, light spice, bready, straw, toffee apple. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, drying close with light dusty hop bitterness. Adequate bitter.