7.6

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

Bottle from Appellation Wines.
Appearance - deep red to brown and opaque. Foamy off-white head.
Nose - red fruit, caramel and lashings of pine.
Taste - pine, red fruit including fruit tannin notes. Dry toffee and burnt bread.
Palate - medium bodied, complex, bitter, tannic and a bit gnarly to approach. That said, the complexity means it's a great challenge to take on.
Overall - good stuff!

7.5

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

Bottle from Appellation Wines.
Appearance - murky solid yellow with a big lively white head.
Nose - some green hop bitterness but basically it's mango and mango skin.
Taste - ripe mango with some mango skin and grassy bitterness.
Palate - medium bodied, sweet and then bitter dry.
Overall - not into adjunct beers but this works very well!

7.6

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

Bottle from Appellation Wines.
Appearance - murky yellow with a fizzy snow white head.
Nose - pineapple, ripe melon and lemon curd.
Taste - ripe, juicy melon and pineapple.
Palate - light bodied, very creamy in texture, light bitterness.
Overall - juicy, all pleasure, no pain!

6.5

Cask at Tamworth Beer Festival 2025

7.4

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

cask at the bow bar ..hazy mango ..thin white lacing ...soft mango ..Light dry floral fruit ..soft dry mango ..soft easy

6

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

Cask at Tamworth Beer Fest. Slightly opaque gold. No head. Aroma is citrusy, sugary. Citrusy. Light malts. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Average carbonation. Long dry slightly astringent finish. Bland.

6.6

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Gravity cask at the 31st Tamworth Beer Festival, Assembly Rooms Tamworth, day 2 - 05/09/2025.
Golden pour topped with an off white cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is mellow citric peel, grass, melon, light breads.
Taste comprises tangerine, papaya, melon, soft malts.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close splashed with mellow juicy hop bitterness.
Tidy enough cask pale.

6.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5