11/03/2017. BATH BREW HOUSE, 14 James Street West, BATH, Bath & North East Somerset, England (CITY PUBS)

6.4

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

Cask at the Wellington - Birmingham. Pours murky amber with a frothy white head. Flinty snout, some pine needles and orange peel. Light sweet flavour with ample pine and rind, minerals. Light bodied with fine carbonation; OK condition. Finishes dry and bitter, with further piney notes, citrus rind. So so.

6.6

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

Cask at the Wellington Arms, Birmingham, 20/05/2017. A hazed golden orange coloured pour with a small halo. Aroma is nutty grains, red berries, straw, little orange rind. Flavour is composed of raw grains, pithy citrus, orange rind, straw and rustic grains. Palate is grainsm semi sweet, good cask condition. Not Bad.

7.1

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

Keg at TANK Gloucester. Hazy reddish amber with a smooth long lasting slightly off-white head. Aroma: grapefruit and piney resin, slightly earthy, malts. Taste: grapefruit and pine, malt, resin, light spice, moderate bitterness. Medium body, average carbonation, smooth mouthfeel.

5.6

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

20th May 2017: cask in The Wellington, Birmingham (before the Cotteridge Tasting). I think there were three halves of this doing the rounds, I certainly bought a half and seem to remember two more half finished glasses on the table. Didn’t look very good in my opinion, a dirty, murky dishwater red/brown/amber, the head however was full and lasting. Red berries ruled the aroma stakes for me, taste also had red berries to the fore, sweet orange flavour too. Strange one really, supposed to be misty by all accounts but it didn’t sit well with me.

6.1

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

Tried at the Wellington Birmingham. Hazy reddish Amber colour with a tan head. Aroma orange giving the impression of blood orange aid. Taste sweet to mid bitter. Medium body.

6.8

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

Cask at the Wellington, Birmingham. Poured a hazy reddish amber with a bubbly white head. The aroma is malt light metallic hop light fruit. The flavour is moderate bitter with a crisp woody fruity metallic light hop spice bitter palate and a long bitter finish. Medium bodied with average carbonation.

5.8

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

Cask at the Wellington; hazy amber pour with a bottle bubbly tan head, aroma has some light hop and sweet fruits, taste has sweet malts, some toffee, light jammy fruits.

6.2

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

Cask at the Welly. It pours murky amber pond water with a decent off-white head. The aroma is sweet, juicy, jammy, red berry, Victoria sponge, brown bread and a touch of spice. The taste is dry, bitter - sweet, resin, jammy red berry, spicy, chewy malt, wood and leather with a bitter - sweet finish. Medium body fine carbonation. Not a looker, but decent enough anyhow.