Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
330ml can. Pours dull dark gold with a medium head. Aroma is bready coffee and vanilla. Taste has bready malts throughout with a subtle coffee finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
330ml can. Pours dark orange brown with a medium head. Aroma is bready cinnamon. Taste is a bit watery, some bread and burnt Christmas spice. Touch of orange on the finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
330ml can. Pours dark gold with a thin head. Aroma is lime jelly and orange. Taste has orange squash, toffee and a little lime.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
330ml can @ 4.4%. Hazy gold, large frothy head, lovely retention. Aroma is lemon citrus, malts, yeast, flora, dryness. Taste is crisp and mellow with malts, yeast, citrus, dry hops. Mild but long lasting bitterness. Moderate body. Its got the refreshing quality of a decent lager but combines this with some nice mellow flavours as well. Top lager.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
Can from Drinkmonger. Clear golden body with tiny flecks floating beneath a thin white head. Steady carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of pear and brown bread. Flavour of earth and fig roll. Thin body with a light mouthfeel. Soft fizz. Earthy and nice.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
330ml can from the brewery. Pours a very dark brown, big beige head which recedes to leave a good covering. Aroma of chocolate, roasted malts with hay and flora. Taste is dry coffee, roasted malts, semi-sweet, hint of chocolate. Just shy of a moderate body but decent for 4.8%, nice subtle carbonation. This has a nice session stout quality to it.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
330ml can from the brewery as part of their mixed case. Pours muddy gold, two finger white head which dissipates to a thin but consistent lacing. Aroma of wheat, coriander with only a hint of a zesty citrus Taste is the same but the citrus is more noticeable particularly in the finish with a moderate bitterness. A yeastiness is also present. Quite a smooth mouthfeel. Enjoyable. Its nice to have a wheat ale brewed in the West Midlands, there cant be that many.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
330ml can from brewery. Dark clear amber-brown, small beige head, thin retention. Aroma of caramel, stone fruits, berries, liquorice. Taste is malty but some decent hops, caramel, light fruity, semi-sweet, moderate bitterness. Light to moderate body. Very refreshing and sessionable, should be in a 440ml can but maybe for the sake of my waistline its a good thing its not!
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
330ml can from brewery. Pours gold, small white head, minor retention. Citrus lemon aroma, a bit yeasty. Taste is lemon, malts, mild yeast notes. Light to moderate body. It's very pleasant and refreshing even if it's not packed full of flavour.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
330ml can from the brewery. Pours dark gold, small white head, minor retention. Aroma of caramel, bread, resin; much more of a malty blonde than I was expecting but its decent. Taste is charred caramel, smoke, grain, semi-sweet, with a dry bitterness in the finish. Unusual, in some ways it reminds of a more palatable version of the steam beer I had from Dhillon's Brewery even if its not brewed as one. Light to moderate body, quite smooth, moderate carbonation is fine. Its odd but I quite like it.