Spoons Spring Fest 2025 - toasted malty and bitter hoppy, notes of cereal, grain, twiggy hedgrow herbal action, soft cask carb, bitter hoppy into the finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at the White Swan (JDW), Aylesbury before going to see the rather good Levellers gig at the Waterside theatre. Dark amber with a white head. Caramel and sweet malts up front, which develop into a deeper toffee and blackcurrant flavour with a mild bitterness in the finish. It's ok, definitely a bit heavy on the caramel though.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at the standing order. Pours clear deep amber, nose is toffee, hay, caramel, taste is nutty, caramel, floral. 7/7/6/6/6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6
Pint on cask at the red lion jdw.
Medium creamy off white head. Clear amber pour. Light bitterness
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
This is the last sticker for the sticker album. 28 of 30 plus the two already tried in name also resampled in the Wetherspoon Spring Beer Festival 2025, so now complete. It's a good last one too, a tasty bitter through bready-malty notes.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Cask at the Standing Order. Pours clear amber with a thin bubbly white head. Aromas of hedgerow fruits. Taste is malty, red berries. Bitter finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
On cask at the Standing Order.
Appearance - golden amber and clear with a nicely proportioned white head. Nose - bread, caramel and a hint of cranberry.
Taste - red fruits, toffee and bread.
Palate - light to medium bodied with a bitter finish.
Overall - quite nice.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Cask handpull at Barrel Vault JDW St Pancras. Clear deep amber colour lasting beige head. Malty beer. Some fruit. Berries and hedgerow fruits. OK condition. Moderate bitterness on the finish. Yes tasty. Decent malts. Fine. Quite drinkable. Punchy at 5%
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
[Cask at the Hope Tap (JDW), Reading.] A dark amber pour with a tight cream coloured head; malty aroma; smooth and creamy in the mouth with a malty taste; then a drier finish with a little spice and a light bitterness. A rather nice ESB.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 5.5
Cask at Picture House, Stafford. Pours “bitter brown” with a small foamy cream head and good lacing. The aroma is basically sweet malts. In the mouth it is quite bitter but with some underlying sweetness. Flavour has malts and traditional hops with some hints of pepper. Finish is dry with a little spiciness. This is reasonable – though a little bland.