7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask (Briar Rose JDW, Birmingham) - Amber in colour. Grapefruit, orange and some subtle biscuity notes in the aroma. Hoppy and relatively bitter taste with grapefruit, orange, caramel and biscuity malt.
Tried
on 20 Jun 2026
at 09:17
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Hazy / cloudy gold with a frothy white head and a citrus and tropical fruit hop aroma. Not exactly hop soup, but not far off it, tropical fruit sweetness, citrus fruit bitterness and a lovely dry bittersweet finish.
Tried
from Cask
at
Prince of Wales
on 19 Jun 2026
at 15:20
6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 5.5
Cask at Shrewsbury Arms, Stafford. Pours golden yellow with a medium sized foamy almost white head and good lacing. Berry fruits dominate the aroma plus hints of floral hops. In the mouth it is briefly sweet but a slight sharpness very quickly takes over. Flavour of citrus, tropical fruit and floral hops. Sharpness fades to bitter after a while. Finish is a little dry. A typical Salopian hoppy pale – like so many others.
Tried
from Cask
at
Shrewsbury Arms
on 18 Jun 2026
at 13:55
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Clear golden amber with a creamy white head and a light fruit malt aroma. Smooth and creamy, mellow hop bitterness, spiky fruit malt and a dry finish.
The Original Ball, Maesbury
The Original Ball, Maesbury
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Jun 2026
at 11:45
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Queens Head, Stourbridge. Pours jet black with a large head. Aroma is dark chocolate and burdock. Taste has sweet and yeasty dark chocolate to start, with burdock on the finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Jun 2026
at 20:24
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Hand pulled half pint in the BOD, Newport Shropshire on 2nd June 2026. Clean golden body, white roof. Floral and fruity nose, taste is light citrus with grapefruit coming through in the finish.
Tried
from Cask
at
Bod Newport
on 02 Jun 2026
at 14:00
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Hand pulled half pint in the Boot on 30th May 2026. Murky pour, white top. Citrus nose and taste, not really my thing; scored objectively.
Tried
from Cask
at
Boot Micropub
on 30 May 2026
at 14:00
8/10
Tried
from Cask
on 20 May 2026
at 23:29
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
FA Cup Final O’Clock! Hazy / cloudy dull gold with a bubbly / frothy white head and a soft fruity aroma. Spritzy with soft citrus fruit, tropical notes, delicate cereal malt, grapefruit bitterness and a dry bitter finish.
Tried
from Can
at
Salopian Bar
on 16 May 2026
at 14:00
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Another solid, if not overly banging pale ale from Hadnall. Pale gold with a frothy white head and a tropical and citrus fruit aroma. Light bodied, fruity with hop bitterness, soft underlying cereal malt and a dry softly bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
at
Salopian Bar
on 11 May 2026
at 18:30