7.5

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

deep red brown ..thin tan lacing ..soft sweet caramel toffee fruit nose ..soft sweet woody toffee ...juicy woody ouly hoppy fruit

7.5

Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Half pint, cask.
Poured near black in color, off white head.
Nice coffee flavors, roastedness, nutty character.

6

Spoons Spring Fest 2025 - roasted malty with notes of cocoa and caramel, some spicy peppery herbal hoppy undertones, soft cask carb, light nutty, roasted malty finish.

5.8

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

21/3/2025. Cask at The Willow Tree, Stowmarket. Underwhelming. Very cheap!

7.1

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at Archibald Simpsons. It pours clear deep brown with a handsome brown head. The aroma is charred pine, brown bread, fruit cake, sappy, resin, dark chocolate and coffee. The taste is pleasantly bitter, bitter - sweet character throughout, toasted nut, charred oak, pine needles, varnished wood, cacao nibs and coffee beans with a lingering bitter - dry finish. Average body and moderate, fluffy cask carbonation. Rather nice. A shocker when you see this was brewed at banks. Surprised by the mixed reviews tbh.

6.1

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

Cask at the standing order. Pours deep amber, nose is nutty, floral, roasted, taste is bitter, roasted, earthy. 7/6/6/6/6

6.5

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

Dark brown with a small bubbly tan head. Light bodied, some brown sugar on the nose, it’s bitter with treacle and hazelnut, light roasted malt and even a touch of coffee before a dry bitter finish

6.1

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

Cask at the moon under water Watford Jdw. A clear chestnut brown coloured pour with a creamy magnolia head. Aroma is semi sweet, subdued, chocolate malts, twigs, dried fruits, apple. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, jammy dried fruit, fig roll, raisin, bitter burnt cake, vanilla. Palate is semi sweet, rounded, creamy, moderate carbonation. Meh.

6.1

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

Cask at the Briar Rose; dark brown pour with a broken thin beige head, aroma has light chocolate, taste has slight resinous pine, chocolate, some dark fruits

5.9

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

Cask handpull at Barrel Vault JDW St Pancras. Clear darkmahigany dark ruby beer. Lasting tan head. Earthy hop flavour almost like newspaper. Gets a but better. Malty yes some nut flavour. Not great.