5.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Hand-pulled pint in the Boat. A canalside pub in Gnosall on 3rd August 2026. Sat outside in the afternoon sunshine, it's light golden colour with a snow white crust on top. Pretty boring pint to be honest but a lot better than the keg offering I had yesterday.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Aug 2026
at 12:14
4.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4
Keg half pint in the Post House, Stafford on 2nd August 2026. Couldn't finish it. Hazed golden body, weak white head. Should have returned the bloody thing it was so bad.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Aug 2026
at 12:30
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Color: Clear golden, white head. Aroma: Floral hop. Taste: Floral and spicy hop, slightly resinous. Malty backbone, hints of bread. Moderate sweet, medium going to over medium bitterness. Dry-ish bittery finish.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Morrisons Supermarket (Various locations)
on 01 Aug 2026
at 15:38
5.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Tried
from Draft
on 24 Jul 2026
at 22:26
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
A World Cup Of Beers#33. ENGLAND. An international brew with the football and went for the most quintessential English beer I could find in my cellar to compliment the country's attempt to be the second best losers in the tournament. This clear amber coloured ale is the new Marston takeover version of this Wainwright, with a fair hop-malt balance, with taste to it. It's very traditional for this part of the world and its easy strength makes it palate-friendly and goes down quite fast. This is better than I expected it to be. Drank whilst watching the Third Place Game - France vs England.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Jul 2026
at 21:12
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
Dark bronze, clear. Nice creamy foam. Grains in the aroma. Sweet, with a strong hoppy bitterness. Creamy mouthfeel.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Jul 2026
at 18:49
3/10
Bog standard Euro-lager, not brilliant. Bottle at home.
Tried
from Bottle
on 10 Jul 2026
at 21:00
5.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 5.5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
A World Cup Of Beers#17. ENGLAND. Staying in England, for England, with the most English of brews I could find on the supermarket shelf. A traditional brew, quite sweet in both aroma and taste - perhaps too much so, which takes prominence above its hop-malt balance, and there's a bitterness in there too. A beer not really revered, and although unexciting, it's not as bad as perhaps some make it out to be. The bottle-conditioning in this instance is fine, it's old-school authentic in design and easy enough - it's just there's so much better on the shelf nowadays. Amber in colour and drank whilst watching Panama vs England in their final group games.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Morrisons Supermarket (Various locations)
on 27 Jun 2026
at 22:52
5/10
This beer took me back to my youth when I used to drink large quantities of fairly low alcohol English milds and bitters. Bottle at home.
Tried
from Bottle
on 16 May 2026
at 18:00
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Very slightly hazy gold with a bubbly white head and a soft citrus hop aroma. Cold and fizzy, some soft cereal malt, citrus hops and a dry bitter finish.
Croud Meadow, Shrewsbury (during An Evening with Darren Gough MBE)
Croud Meadow, Shrewsbury (during An Evening with Darren Gough MBE)
Tried
from Draft
on 14 May 2026
at 21:45