Cask at Hops, Crewe. Pours golden yellow with a sizeable white head and good lacing. The aroma is mainly sweet malts with some hints of citrus. In the mouth it is bittersweet with a creamy texture, and a mix of traditional and floral hops. Plus corn, grains and traces of citrus and spice. Bitterness increases in the slightly dry finish. This is decent.

Cask at the Fat Cat, Sheffield on 14th February 2024. Golden amber with shallow foam and scant lacing. Rich buttery malt aroma. Zesty peel and grassy hoppiness in-mouth. Citrus peel finish. Medium bodied with a smooth mouthfeel.

Cask at the White Swan, Solihull. Poured a clear medium amber colour with a lasting frothy white head. The aroma is grainy malt, light yeast and citrus. The flavour is moderate bitter, with a smooth, malt, yeasty, light citrus, woody hop bitter palate.

Cask at Babington Arms, Derby. Pours a dark reddish-brown with a small cream head. The aroma is generally smoky with tar and roast malts also. Smokiness to the fore again in the mouth, together wit liquorice at the start. Bitterness and roasted malts come soon after, and later still tar and spice plus hints of dark fruits. Finish is really dry and somewhat sticky. This is a decent porter, but somewhat overdoses on the smokiness.

Cask handpull at The County Hotel JDW Ashford. Clear amber colour lasting cream head. Definitely English style of an IPA. Some dry, dusty hop. Good mouthfeel. Enough malt to balance the hops. Hop insistence on the finish. Sting on the tongue. Yes decent enough. Good condition and temperature

Cask at The Moon & Sixpence (Wetherspoons), Hatch End. A hazy golden/amber coloured pour with a healthy creamy white head on top. Hoppy, citrus, orange, caramel aroma and taste. Rather forgettable but I managed to finish it.

Deep brown with a bubbly/frothy tan head and a sweet plummy nose. Light bodied, some roasted malt and plummy bitterness

Cask @ Twelve Tellers, Preston. Clear golden with a glow and a creamy head. Bitter-hoppy in aroma, with a similar taste but also a hint of sweetness here

Pours a clear golden colour with a small frothy white head. Aroma is grainy cereals, light caramel and citrus. A moderately sweet and light bitter taste, grainy cereal, sweet malt and orange flavours with a light drying bitterness.

Seventh beer on a Wednesday afternoon pub crawl around Shrewsbury with myself, 7th February 2024. Fifth new rating from the seven beers, so going well. Hand-pulled half-pint in Cromwell's Tap Room. Bright and clear amber body, off-white crown that stayed around. Old School Bitter, can't believe I've not rated it before. Fairly sweet with a caramel feel to it's aroma and taste, some hop action calms down the sweetness nicely. A most enjoyable half.