17/09/2011. STATION HOTEL, 42 Market Street, OAKENGATES, Shropshire, England

6.4

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

Cask at the Queens Head. Pours gold with a small head. Aroma is perfumed straw. Taste is simple, straw and lemon.

5.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask at The Vine in West Browich; golden yellow unexciting English ale refreshing, malty & heavy bitter.

7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

[i] Cask at the Woolpack, Banbury, Oxon, 07-01-08[/i] Light golden in colour, citrusy hops on the nose but otherwise the aroma is quite light. Tasted great, zappy and zingy (I like the letter Z) real grapefruit rush but when this lingers it is more pithy grapefruit, very nice.

6

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

Cask@Market Porter. Yellowih golden colour with small bubbly white head. Cooked vegetables, blue cheese and grass in aroma. Flavour is herbal, hoppy and leaving a rather dry grassy/vegetably aftertaste.

6.8

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

Cask (handpump) @ The Old Joint Stock, B2, Birmingham. Clear light yellow color with a small fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate hoppy, lemon, orange, grass. Initial flavor is moderate sweet and bitter, finish flavor is light sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long duration and a nice dry / bitter finish. Body is light to medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is flat.