7.4

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

Cask at Shrewsbury Arms, Stafford. Pours golden brown with a small foamy off-white head and good lacing. There’s hops and malts in the aroma plus some traces of nuts. In the mouth there is a brief initial burst of sweetness before the bitterness of traditional hops comes through. Flavour also has autumn fruits and a little malt. Later on come traces of golden syrup, corn and peanuts. Bitterness lasts into the finish. This is decent.

6.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

12/7/2024. Cask at the 33rd Ealing Beer Festival. Pours clear dark amber brown with a frothy off-white head. Aroma is malty, toffee, fruity, lightly spicy and a bit boozy. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Moderate body, oily watery, soft carbonation. Nice bitterness to finish. Quite liked this.

23/05/1998. PILGRIMS PROGRESS, 42 Midland Road, BEDFORD, Bedfordshire, England (WETHERSPOONS)

6.4

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

Cask: Poured a golden with creamy white head. Aroma is malty, grain. Taste is bitter forward, great mix of malts and grain.

6

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

Half pint on cask at the Cabot Court.
Medium off white head. Clear light Amber pour. Light bitterness

6

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

Cask at King's Head, Bristol. Pous cloudy orange brown with small white head. Malty, caramel, sweetish, somewhat watery and bland. Light bodied. Not much going on here.

6.6

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

On cask at the Haymarket. Appearance - golden amber with a decent head. Nose - brown bread almost ginger cake. Taste - sweet spice and burnt bread. Caramel linger. Palate - medium bodied with a creamy texture. Dry-ish finish. Overall - decent.

5.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Cask at the Park Tavern, Eltham. Honey coloured pour with a white head. Aromas of orchard fruit, malt. Flavours of caramel, more orchard fruit, citrus. Reasonable enough.

6.5

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

Cask pint in The 3 Fishes, Shrewsbury on 15th Dec 2016. Clear amber pour, smooth white blanket of foam for a head. Woody and malty in the nose and taste, dry semi-bitter finish. OK.