7

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

Cask at the Cock Tavern - Hackney. Pours clear gold. Sweaty aroma, some musty ripe apples, earth and grass, old wood. Light-medium sweet flavour with more ripe apples, a little alcohol, some musty lightly bitter skin, more wood, a little acidity. Medium bodied with what seems like slight carbonation, but it could be stil. Finishes with a little boozy warmth, some drying cellar, bitter apple skin, decaying apple, some apple juice. Quite nice overall.