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

Old rating from 2013 - 500ml bottle, pours bright golden with a white foamy head. Aromas & tastes of citrus, orange, apple, toffee, hints of spice & yeast. Medium body. Moderate bitter finish

08/01/2005. FREE TRADE INN, St. Lawrence Road, Ouseburn, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, Tyne & Wear, England (FREE HOUSE)

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

Draught at the brewery. Oily gold with a medium head. Aroma of grainy malt. Flavour of wood, malt, biscuit on an oily texture, sweet finish.

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

500ml bottle at Blackfriars restaurant, Newcastle. Clear amber colour, white foam head and grassy aroma. Taste is malty, some grain, slightly bready & fruity, with grassy bitterness. Medium bodied, medium carbonation, dry lingering fruity bitter finish. Quite OK.

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

50cl bottle thanks to John Brash. Appearance - a darker golden than expected. Decent head retention. Nose - cornflakes with just a hint of green beans. Taste - more green beans and pale malt but just a touch of cardboard, though I’m not sure it’s an off taste. It’s more like a note that culminates from the combination of hops and malt. Palate - light to medium bodied with a long dry finish. Overall - not bad, quite solid really.

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

Bottle 50cl.Clear medium yellow color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, toffee, light hoppy, grass notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium to light, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20081122]

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

Bottle at home ... light amber ... light sweet floral malty nose ... again light sweetness... little grassy lagerness ... light dryness... quite fruity... all round not bad.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Clear golden with medium white head. Sweet malty aroma with hints of caramel. Sweet grainy flavour with caramel and malty notes.

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of yespr. Slightly hazy golden with a rough white head. Malty, lightly flowery nose. Medium body, lightly sweet malts, again flower notes and a dry finish. I didnt really expect much from a British take on a Bohemian pilsener, but this is actually very decent. 221108

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

Bottle, 4.6%. Slightly bready aroma. Hazy golden colour, very small white head. The flavour starts off with OK maltiness. Has a little bread and clean citrus aftertaste.