7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 8
Yard work redemption cask handpull at County Hotel JDW Ashford clear gold colour lasting white head. Tasty blond ale lots of citrus hops. Tasty. Like some gooseberry so perhaps simcoe. Lovely. Good condition and temperature 7.3
Tried
from Cask
at
County Hotel
on 22 Mar 2026
at 08:44
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Nicely brewed. Sturdy grassy hop character. Clean pale malts. Citrus peel. Pine needles. Pleasant dry lingering bitterness. Sound.
Tried
from Cask
at
Hamilton Hall (JDW)
on 12 Mar 2026
at 18:35
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Pint on cask at the gate house jdw.
Medium creamy white head. Hazy golden pour. Light bitterness.
Medium creamy white head. Hazy golden pour. Light bitterness.
Tried
from Cask
at
Gate House (JDW)
on 11 Mar 2026
at 17:44
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
[Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading.] A straw coloured pour with a ring of white head; fruity hedgerow aroma; sweet blackberry taste to start, then some traditional English hops adding bitterness; and giving a dry biscuity bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
at
Back of Beyond
on 09 Mar 2026
at 14:25
6.5/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Wetherspoon Spring Beer Festival 2026, Beer#21. Clear blonde coloured good looking ale. Hoppy in the main, very bitter in design, not much else found.
Tried
from Cask
at
Square Peg (JDW)
on 09 Mar 2026
at 13:27
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Cask at the moon under water Watford Jdw. A clear mid gold coloured pour with a thin creamy white head. Aroma is semi sweet, creany custard vanilla, toffee, apple, maybe a hint of diacetyl on the nose. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, grassy hop, dirty grass, firm bitterness. Bark, wood. Palate is semi sweet, rounded, light creamy mouthfeel, grassy hop bitterness lingers. Little harsh.
Tried
on 08 Mar 2026
at 17:34
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
8/3/2026. Cask at wetherspoon’s beer festival. At the Cricketers, Ipswich. Pours fine. Fruity, citric, malty and touch worty aroma. Nice bitterness.
Tried
from Cask
at
Cricketers (JDW)
on 08 Mar 2026
at 12:24
6.6/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Shrewsbury Hotel, Shrewsbury. Pours golden yellow with a small foamy almost white head and good lacing. There’s a fresh aroma featuring berry fruits and some hints of corn. In the mouth the first sip is sweet but it very quickly becomes quite strongly bitter. Similarly malty hints quickly shift to mixed hops and citrus, then later to sharpness with grapefruit and hints of caramel. Finish is dry, bitter and quite sticky. This is reasonable but not really my type of beer.
Tried
from Cask
at
Shrewsbury Hotel
on 05 Mar 2026
at 12:00
Tried
from Cask
at
Imperial (JDW)
on 04 Mar 2026
at 00:00
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
[Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell.] An amber pour with a tight white head; tropical fruit aroma; smooth in the mouth with a grainy body and a sweet tropical fruit taste cut through with a strong resinous bitterness. A satisfying West Coast style IPA.
Tried
from Cask
at
Old Manor
on 12 Feb 2026
at 11:11