5.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

6.1

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

21/8/2025. Cask at the 33rd East Anglian Beer & Cider Festival, Bury St Edmunds.

7.3

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Bottle from my brother – drank at home. Pours almost black with a sizable frothy beige head and good lacing. The aroma has a basic sweetness with oats, honey and roasted malts. In the mouth it is initially quite sharp with coffee and liquorice, but this soon mellows, to reveal flavours of dark fruits, oats and roasted malts. Traces of honey and vanilla come later leading to a fruity finish. This is quite decent.

6.4

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

Bottle, gift. Nice brown malt aroma with caramel, toasted malt, some fruity notes and a hint of tobacco. Mild to medium sweet and bitter. Light and very drinkable.

6

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

Bottle, gift. Aroma is malt, touch of honey and butterscotch, hint of fruit. Flavour is light to moderate sweet with a moderate bitterness. Light to medium body.

6

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

Bottle, gift. Aroma is spicy yeast, touch of stewed fruit including some banana, malt, lightly floral-ish. Flavour is light to moderate sweet with a light bitterness. Body is medium. More akin to Hefeweizen than Saison.

6

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

Bottle, gift. Aroma is soft honey with malt and light toffee. Flavour is moderate sweet with a light to moderate bitterness. Body is light to medium. Not overboard on the honey, which is a good thing.

6.2

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

Bottle, gift. Aroma is malty with caramel, some butterscotch, touch of fruits, hop. Flavour is moderate sweet with a decent bitter finish. Medium body. Decent English IPA, bittering hops and lots of caramel malt.

6.4

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

Cask

6.6

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

Cask at Smithfield, Derby. Pours golden yellow with a small foamy off-white head and good lacing. The aroma is malty with hints of honey and corn. In the mouth it is sweet and juicy, but slightly sharp too with a little underlying bitterness. Floral hops are the ain flavour plus hints of spice and ginger. Bitterness comes through in a slightly dry finish. This is pleasant but not particularly memorable.