04/09/2021. CRICKETERS, 51 Crown Street, IPSWICH, Suffolk, England (WETHERSPOONS)

6.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle. Backlog rating from bottle collection and historic scoring. Source not recorded. No tasting notes kept, just rating.

6.9

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

On tap at the Hop and Barley. Golden colour with a white head. Light berry and fruit aroma and taste the same. Medium body.

6.8

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

Cask at the Cock Inn, Islington. Gold pour with a white head. Citrus, peach and vanilla aroma. Peach, vanilla, pine and pineapple flavour. Has a fresh and fruity angle. Quite nice.

4.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Cask at the moon under water Watford JDW. Golden colour thin white film. Almost no aroma, maybe some earthy straw, flavour is stale wheaty malts, some orange, and sweet grains. Medium body! Chalky carbonation and bitty. Boring dull beer.

6.4

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

Cask at Angleterre, Helsinki. Colour is golden with small white head. Aromas and flavours are citrus, fruits, hops and bitterness. Quite dry.

6.2

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

500ml bottle: poured at home into an Abbot Ale glass tankard three weeks after its best before date. Looks are clean and clear: light amber with a full head of white bubbles on top. Mild malty nose: with a fruity hint here and there. The taste is a pleasant enough mixed bag of flavours with both the hops and the malts vieing with each other for supremacy: the malts winning the initial battle (slight caramel and biscuity) with the hops giving a good account of themselves in the finish where a bitterness comes into play. Not bad at all, better than I expected.

6.4

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

Slightly sweet golden ale with a healthy hopped nose. Has a noticeably good body to it.

7.2

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

Bottled: A nice, golden ale with a thick foamy head. A light but distinctive, citrus flavour and very moreish.

5.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Cask at The Drum, Leyton, London. Clear deep golden. Sweaty vegetable aroma. Sweet with medium body and rounded mouthfeel. Sweaty and salty with long resiny bitterness. Quite primitive.