Good old GT, did a grand job at The Gay Meadow. Pale gold with a creamy / frothy white head and a delicate cereal malt and fruit aroma. Light to medium bodied, light malt, floral hops, some honey sweetness, a little kick of bitterness and a dry bittersweet finish.

Croud Meadow, Shrewsbury (during An Evening with Darren Gough MBE)

Handpull cask at the Queens Head, Stourbridge. Very light gold, maybe a little haze left over, with a tight off-white head. Lovely aroma, some stone fruit, vanilla, pink grapefruit, and hint of melon. Bittersweet taste with lots of grapefruit, followed by a bitter finish - hoppy rather than astringent. Smooth body with low to medium carbonation. Man, they nailed this.

(Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm, 27 Jan 2026) Golden colour with frothy, off-white head. Fruity, hoppy nose with notes of peaches, grass, citrus and floral hops. Fruity, slightly hoppy taste with peaches, bread, citrus, grass and a gentle floral/grassy bitterness in the finish. Medium body, quite dry. Fresh and crisp. Quite nice.

Cask at Pickled Pig, Stafford. Pours golden yellow with a small scummy almost white head and good lacing. Floral hops are the mainstay of the aroma plus hints of grains and citrus. In the mouth it is somewhat bitter but with some underlying sweetness too. Overall light and zesty. Floral hops in the flavour again alongside generic citrus with traces of tropical fruit and honey coming later. Finish is slightly dry with hints of sharpness. Not my usual sort of beer but this is quite nice.

Clear and golden with a frothy / creamy white head and a soft sweet citrus and biscuit malt aroma. A touch grainy and chewy, citrus peel bitterness, some floral sweetness, biscuit malt and a dry bittersweet finish.

Golden amber with a frothy / creamy white head and a soft biscuit malt and grassy aroma. Creamy smooth with sweet fruit malt and floral hops nicely balanced, twiggy bitterness coming through ahead of a dry finish.

Pours a quite attractive mid amber, pretty clear, small to average sized white head, good enough retention and hints of lacing. Very typical bitter aroma with a biscuity, slightly nutty malt base with a complement of delicate fruity notes (citrus jam, hints of apple). Stumbles a bit in taste: nothing major, but it lacks the easy but soft feel of a good bitter; plus, sweetness and bitterness fail to find harmony and feel quite disconnected. Taste notes as per aroma, average taste intensity. Pretty light in body, average carbonation (a bit more than usual per style), easily drinkable though, as mentioned, it seems to lack that hint of depth that comes from softness. Ok, but definitely not exciting.