Cask-conditioned at the Seven Stars, Bristol 7/1/2016. Amber with a decent, off-white head. Malty beer, with a slightly earthy edge, some hedgerow fruits and a decent, bitter finish. Good.

Bottle from Appleyards Deli. Appearance - golden amber with a decent thin head. Nose - light biscuits, orange. Taste - more orange biscuits. Palate - light to medium bodied with a creamy texture and a long dry finish. Overall - solid if unexciting.

Bottle at ash’s. Pours clear amber, nose is toffee, floral, nutty, taste is similar, light sweetness.

Bottle at Ashton McCobb’s. Pours clear amber with a thin white head. Aromas of demerara sugar. Taste is sweet, light mineral note. Nutty finish.

Last wee tasting of the summer

Bottle from Appleyards Deli, Shrewsbury. Appearance - golden with a slight haze and a nice head. Nose - creamy lemon. Taste - lemon and barley. Palate - light to medium bodied with a creamy texture and a long dry finish. Overall - tastes better than it smells. Well balanced if unexciting.

Bottle shared with Ashton McCobb. Pours hazy pale gold with a thin white head. Aromas of lemon barley water. Taste is more of the same. Dry finish.

Bottle from Appleyards Deli, Shrewsbury. Appearance - golden with a proportionate head. Nose - lemon and barley. Some floral notes. Taste - loads of lemon barley water. Palate - light to medium bodied with a creamy texture and a long dry finish. Overall - quite single dimensional but a very enjoyable dimension.

Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2014, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Ludlow Stairway ].Clear medium yellow color with a small, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, citrus, apple. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration, citrus, sweet malt, light floral, apple notes. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20140812]

16th April 2015: cask, hand-pulled pint in the lovely old Royal Oak, Cardington Shropshire. Clean golden amber pour with a full white crown. Tropical fruits in the nose, these aromas transfer into the taste along with a light malty backbone and a drying bitterness towards the finish. Decent enough, a little too dry for my palate though.

From cask. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small white head. Aroma is toasted malty and light citrusy hoppy. Bitter, light fruity and subdued sweet. Crisp hoppyand fruity finish.