6.5

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

Bottle from the Windsor and Eton taproom which was not airtight and leaked in my car. Poured a murky medium amber with a super frothy, over-carbonated white head. It took 5 minutes to even pour a decent sample. The aroma is malt, tropical fruit hop. The flavour is moderate to strong bitter, moderate sweet, with a grainy malt, big citrus, light pepper spice, woody resin alcoholic bitter palate and a lingering burning alcohol finish. Medium bodied with super lively carbonation. Loved the fruity notes but the alcohol burn was unacceptable. Looked and tasted to some degree like homebrew. At five Pounda a bottle I wasn’t impressed. Quality is a major issue. Need to do much better than this I’m afraid.