5

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Indeed, an easy going drink and the perfect start to our drinking session at this year’s Reading BF. Golden-brown body with no head. Mild fruity aroma. Earty malt mixed with hoppy fruit in taste. Refreshing (sampled with Finn, 02.05.2008).

5.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

After two flavoursome brews from Ascot, we had to give the third offer at Market Porter a try. This is the English style of wheat beer that is a bit different in taste than the German and Belgian styles. Hazy, brown body with a bubbly ring around the rim of the glass. Dry floral smell. Flavour of peaches and pineapple mixed with underlying malts. Dry mouthfeel (01.05.2008).

6.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Half handpulled cask at Market Porter, London Bridge. Black body with little more than a lacing-head. Roasted, almost peaty, aroma followed by a comprehensive flavour of smoky grain, coffee beans and dark chocolate. Plain bitter ending. Very good mouthfeel, indeed (01.05.2008).

6.5

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

Half pint cask ale served at the right drinking temperature at Market Porter, London. Golden-brown body under a thin, white surface. Great Laceworks on the glass. Fresh aroma of hoppy fruits. The taste displays a nice potpourri of medium sweet fruits with earty malts beneath. Rather long lived hop bitterness to the finish. Medium mouthfeel (01.05.2008).

7.2

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

7.8

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

[i] [b] Cask at The Hop Pole pubs Easter Beer Festival, Aylesbury in the company of Loz, Chris O, Ruth, Barry, Lynn 21-03-08 [/i] [/b]Poured black with tan head. Wonderful roasty nose to this with some roasted nuts. A touch sweeter and thinner than expected but make no bones about this, this is a great stout. Good balance between dryness and sweetness, very simple. Along with Wagtail Black Shuck tried recently this is yet another case of a well done simple English stout, lovely. [i] [b] Had this again, this time at Reading Beer Festival 02-05-08[/i] [/b] Once again a great beer and happy to keep this at a [i] [b] 3.9 [/i] [/b]

6.2

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

[i] [b] Cask at The Hop Pole pubs Easter Beer Festival, Aylesbury in the company of Loz, Chris O, Ruth, Barry, Lynn 21-03-08 [/i] [/b] Light copper colour pour with small white head. Reasonable fruity bitter, quite punchy with citrus at times, ok.

7.5

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

Bottle conditioned 500ml bottle from Budgens, Ascot. Straw with a thin whilte head; very ligth carbonation; floral aroma; crisp orange flavour, with a full bodied; stongly zesty and bitter finish. Another excellent ale from Acot.

7.2

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

500ml bottle conditioned from Budgens, Ascot. Copper coloured, some carbonation but very little head; rich fruity malt aroma; earthy malt body with good hops coming through. An excellent bitter.

5.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask gravity at St Albans BF 2007. Amber, no head. Bready, biscuity aroma. Well it is a lager, some ok pukey malt settles down to a nutty toffee. Not at all bad.