Subsidiaries
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
[Cask at The Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell.] A dull copper coloured pour with a white rim; sweet toasted malt aroma; quite sweet and syrupy in the mouth with some red fruits and malts; then a dry bready finish with a tart berry bitterness and bramble aftertaste. Very enjoyable.
Tried
from Cask
at
Old Manor
on 12 Mar 2026
at 11:25
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Third of a pint on cask at the red lion jdw.
Medium creamy off white head. Clear amber pour. Light bitterness.
Medium creamy off white head. Clear amber pour. Light bitterness.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Red Lion (JDW)
on 11 Mar 2026
at 18:40
7.5/10
Star and Garter Bromley pub London
Tried
from Draft
on 10 Mar 2026
at 21:18
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Creamy off white head on a mahogany coloured body.
Malt, toffee & liquorice aroma.
Medium bodied, smooth with a lightly carbonated clean back.
Liquorice, berry, toffee & malt with a tangy finish.
Good stuff.
Malt, toffee & liquorice aroma.
Medium bodied, smooth with a lightly carbonated clean back.
Liquorice, berry, toffee & malt with a tangy finish.
Good stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Mar 2026
at 17:05
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6
Wetherspoon Spring Beer Festival 2026, Beer#16. Very mildly hazed deeper golden coloured ale. Hoppy-sweet, but undistinguished beyond this.
Tried
from Cask
at
Waterhouse
on 07 Mar 2026
at 20:24
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Third of a pint in my local Spoons on 7th March 2026. Light haze to the amber body, off white crust on top. Malty front with a subtle hop centre, light mixed fruit salad finish.
Tried
from Cask
at
William Withering
on 07 Mar 2026
at 17:20
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask handpull at Metropolitan Bar JDW London. Clear amber colour lasting off white head its a light malty pale ale. Quite tasty. Decent temperature. Decent sweetish malt. Some ale yeast esters fruits. Decent enough. Packs flavour for a lower anv beer.
Tried
from Cask
at
Metropolitan Bar
on 07 Mar 2026
at 11:50
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Cask pint from The Justice Mill, Aberdeen. It pours every so slightly hazy pale brown with a thick, fluffy white head..The aroma is bitter - sweet, brown bread, toasted nut, earthy, pine and a touch of toffee. The taste has a pleasing bitterness upfront, toasty brown bread malt, bitter - sweet character, some nuttiness, touch of dried fruits, earth and pine with a drying finish. Average body and moderate, fluffy cask carbonation. Decent.
Tried
from Cask
at
Justice Mill (JDW)
on 05 Mar 2026
at 19:30
6.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Shrewsbury Hotel, Shrewsbury. Pours a slightly hazy “bitter brown” with a small scummy off-white head. The aroma has malts and caramel plus a hint off spice. In the mouth it is quite sweet and juicy but also slightly watery. Flavour has malts, hops, oranges and traces of nuts and autumn fruits. Finish is a little bitter. Not a bad beer but a bit bland. And I would call it a standard bitter rather than a brown ale.
Tried
from Cask
at
Shrewsbury Hotel
on 05 Mar 2026
at 13:40
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 5
Overall 7
5/3/2026. Cask at wetherspoon’s beer festival. At the Bell Hotel, Norwich. This was served straight from cask, unusually for a ‘spoons fest, and the pour showed it. Fruity, malty, caramel, biscuit. Quite dry with some decent hoppy bitterness. Liked it.
Tried
from Cask
at
Bell Hotel (JDW)
on 05 Mar 2026
at 11:50