6.4

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

Cask at the Queens Head, Stow On The Wold, 23/11/24. Golden copper with a lasting just off white head. Nose is biscuit, stewed fruits, grains, hedgerow. Taste comprises biscuit, straw, herb, fruit loaf, earthy notes. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, light drying close. Okay cask bitter.

5.8

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

Cask half at Dorchester Beerex 2024. Pours clear golden amber with beige foam. Aroma: light sweet malts, caramel, light dried fruits. Taste: light to moderate sweet & light bitter, watery. Light body with soft carbonation. Pretty dull, but I've ticked another new brewery.

20/05/1978. BLACK BEAR, High Street, MORETON IN MARSH, Gloucestershire, England (DONNINGTON)

7

Cask @ The Black Horse Inn, Naunton. Pours a copper brown colour with a thin white head. Nice lacing on the glass. Taste is malty, biscuity, a hint of caramel, a slight floral note with a subtle hop bitterness on the finish. Nice well conditioned bitter.

6.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at Black Bear, Moreton in Marsh Pours chestnut brown (slightly paler than bitter brown) with a small white head – that becomes scummy. Malts and caramel on top in the mouth, but with fruit and hoppy notes as well. Finish is sweet and malty. “A typical Cotswold bitter” according to my friend, and I agree. A good session ale.

6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Cask at the 28th Ealing Beer Festival. Pours clear golden amber with a small bubbly off-white head. Aroma of sweet malt, caramel, fruit and hop. Quite heavy sweetness and very light bitterness. Light body, oily/watery texture, soft carbonation.

5.9

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

Cask at The Black Horse Inn, Naunton. Clear amber colour with a thin creamy white head. Aroma: light sweet malts, dried fruits. Taste: light sweet fruity malt, caramel, hops. Bit of a thin watery body but otherwise an easy drinking ale.

5.8

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

Cask @ Archies, Prestatyn [090615]
Amber, stuck bubbles, thin white head
Aroma of slight coffee?, soft fruits
Taste of light sweet fruity malts, light hops, getting a vague hint of fruity coffee
Palate - Light body, soft, smooth. Finish of light sweet caramel malts
Overall - Not much to say about this

5.8

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

Cask @ Hole In Ye Wall, Liverpool. Amber with a thin head. Light texture, light easy drinking golden ale. Sips down the palate well although feels slightly thin. There’s some caramel sweetness in its nose.