Festival cask ale at Crosse Keys, one third pint. Clear brown body, shiny surface. Caramel and earth malts to the nose. Brittle caramel taste profile. Dry malt hoppy ending. Tasty (London, 05.11.2012).

Cask @ Muckle Cross, Elgin 201112
Copper amber, clear, thin white head, some lacing
Aroma of soft caramel malts, soft bitter woody hops, light biscuit malts, very light aroma
Taste - light caramel malts, light spicy hops, soft toasted malts, very very light fruits - standard bitter - under flavoured for the abv
Palate - thinnish body, soft bitter palate. Finish as main flavour, light bitter toasted malt tail
Overall - Standard bitter, bit better than usual Everards beer but it’s still bland and underflavoured

Draught at John Scott’s Pub, Göteborg. On September 21, 2012.Sold as "Everards English Ale" (Best Bitter), I didn’t see an ABV anywhere.Seen others rate that name of beer from the same pub as me under this ratebeer entry, so here goes.Clear copper to light brown color; nice, thick, dense, lasting, off-white head. Malty, sweet, some light caramel, hints of roasted malt taste. Medium mouthfeel, medium to medium high dry herbal bitterness. Malty, sweet, fruity scent.

Can. Pours slightly hazy light copper brown. Clear aroma of hop and fruit. Sweetish taste of malt, hop, and caramel. Slightly bitter aftertaste. A little watery but ok.

On cask at Golden Fleece Stamford - a decent biscuit coloured body, white head that soon goes, nice citric nose. A bit thin, but very refreshing with grapefruit and kumquat, perhaps one for a nicer day.

50cl bottle from ABCBeers, the Hague. Thick white head. Clear amber pour. Easy drinking session beer.

Hand-pulled pint in Montgomery’s Towers (a Spoons in Shrewsbury) on 1st Nov 2012: one of the many beers in the Spoons 2012 Real Ale Festival. Wetherspoons claim it has been brewed purely for their festival which could well be true. Amber body, clean and clear looking, the head both creamy in colour and texture. Toasted, roasted malty aroma, some caramel and toffee notes but no overly sweet in the smell or taste. Not the most exciting beer on earth but it does have a flavour and taste: malty and fruity with a semi-dry finish, not bad at all.

cask at SOrder ... copper ... thin tan lacing ... soft toffeee malt nose ... light bitter woody hop ... very dry must linger

Cask at JDW (Charlie Hall - Erdington); Cloudy orange colour soapy head, quite thick mouthfeel with a bit of sticky toffee, quite malty.