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

Bottle at home on the eve of Christmas Eve. Long day of car servicing, agreeing the contract for the CEO role and driving middle daughter and her boyfriend around. Good pour and a great rich colour in the glass. Loads of malt with a little bit of bitter hops lurking quietly in the corner. A good pint and one I would expect for the season. Now, let heavy drinking commence!

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

Clear deep gold with a frothy white head. No significant aroma above a touch of light cereal. Light to medium bodied, has a floral hop bite up front, caramel, fruit and malt to follow with a dry, earthy bitter finish

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

Cask at the White Hart Tap, St Albans 25/11/2024 New UK brewery ✅ sweet and toasted malty and subtle hoppy with citrus fruity undertones, grass, straw, crackers, smooth soft cask carb, herbal grassy bitter hoppy finish. Easy going refreshing brew.

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

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

Gravity cask at Pig’s Ear 2024 - Hackney. Pours clear copper-gold with a frothy, slightly off-white topping. Light sweet flavour with pleasant notes of toasted grains, a little earthy-leafy hop, English yeast, bread. Light bodied with fine carbonation; good condition. Moreish finish, more grainy-bready malts lightly toasted, subtle leafy bitterness, lingering grassy notes. Solid sessioner.

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

Cask at Oakley Arms, Harrold, Beds 09/11/2024. Pours clear pale gold with white foam. Aroma: light sweet grains, honey, floral, grass. Taste: bright, light to moderate sweet & bitter, semi-dry & hoppy finish. Light to medium body with soft carbonation. Nice flavours

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

Cask at the Wild Kite taproom, Great Missenden, 23/10/24. Deep chestnut brown with a beige cap that thins to the edge. Nose is stewed fruits, light smoke, dates, biscuit, malt loaf. Taste comprises fruit slice, brown bread, malt forward, lightly toasted brown bread, toffee, raisins. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, lighy drying close. Tasty bitter.

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

Cask at the St Albans beer festival 2024. A clear pale gold coloured pour with a a loose white head. Aroma is earthy grains, rye bread, dusty, pine tips, lemon rind. Flavour is composed of crisp drying earthy grains, pine tips, bark, flint. Palate is super crisp, dry

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

Cask at the St Albans beer festival 2024. A clear golden orange coloured pour with a loose white head. Aroma is semi sweet, toffee, diacetyl, pine jammy pine. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, earthy grains, rounded toffee, pine, bark, assertive bitterness,. Palate is semi sweet, rounded, decent cask condition. Meh.

Cask gravity at the Villiers arms. A clear pale straw yellow coloured pour with a lasting fine white head. Aroma is nice floral hop oils, hedgerow hop, blueberry. Mixed berries. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, pale grains, blueberry, hedgerow berries, grass. Palate is semi sweet, rounded, good cask condition. Nice summery ale.

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

Cask at the St Albans beer festival 2024. A clear copper brown coloured pour with a lasting loose beige head. Aroma is semi sweet, toasted malts. Toffee, biscuit, burnt grass. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, layered malts, toffee, liquorice, burnt grass, firm bitterness. Palate is semi sweet, grainy, decent cask condition. Punchy flavours. Solid bitter.