6.5

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

Cask at the White Swan, Solihull. Poured a crystal clear medium amber with a frothy white head. The aroma is big doughy biscuit malt. The flavour is moderate bitter with a smooth dry malt, light hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.Earlier Rating: 5/10/2014 Total Score: 3.6Cask at the Old Joint Stock, Birmingham. Poured a clear medium amber with a thin broken white head and some broken lace. The aroma is citrus hop. The flavour is medium bitter with a smooth malt fruit spice pepper hop palate and a short bitter finish. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Really impressed with this. A superb example of an English bitter.