6

Cask at the plough.. Soft sweet floral fruit.. Light sweet fruit.. Light herbal.. Soft juicy sweet fruits6

7.1

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at Bird in Hand, Stafford. Pours golden yellow with a small white head. Just some vague floral hops in the aroma. In the mouth the hops are more bitter though there is an underlying sweetness. Texture is quite juicy with grians to the fore plus ints of citrus and corn. Finish is bitter and slightly sticky. This is decent – plenty of taste to it.

12/06/2007. RAKE, 14 Winchester Walk, LONDON, SE1, England

6.4

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

Hand-pulled pint in the excellent Cock Hotel, Wellington, Shropshire with my Dad on 27th July 2013. Light golden with a thinning white crown. Hop and mixed grain nose, the hops being floral and peppery in nature. Taste was also mixed grains with floral and spicy hop notes: the beer got more dry and bitter with each mouthful, or that’s how it came across to me. OK and thirst quenching: wouldn’t want to drink it all night though.

7.6

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Cask at the Briar Rose, Birmingham, UK on 28th December, 2009. Gold with thin, lasting white lacing head. Hoppy with some peppery notes and grassiness; brief caramel malt interlude before a very dry finish on a zingy texture. Just a hint of saline. Full of condition, very well kept by the pub too!

7

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

Cask handpull at The Hop Pole Inn, Aylesbury, Bucks, 21-07-09 Pours gold with tight white head. There is a little fruit and malt on the nose, these also appear in the mouth. Surprisingly bitter and a bitterness that lingers, the end is rather dry. Really quite enjoyable. A6 A4 F7 P4 Ov14 3.5

5.1

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

Cask handpull at Market Porter, Borough Market. Lager gold colour, thin white head. Eggy yeasty aroma. In mouth, its still eggy and a not very intense blond ale. Dull and the aroma isnt great.

6

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

Cask (handpump) @ The Briar Rose, Birmingham, England B2.Clear medium yellow color with a average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, toasted, caramel, light to moderate hoppy, grapefruit, fruity, light yeasty, toffee. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat. (300708)