Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

dark amber, white head with lacing A - slightly metallic aroma which fades after a while F - malt bready caramel burnt toffee, slight hops once warmed a bit bittersweet finish nice

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

[Cask at the Alehouse, Reading.] A pale amber pour with a loose white head; lemony aroma; rather watery with a grassy bitterness, some lemon, and bready malt; then a sweet lemony finish. Lacking depth, but that’s hardly a surprise at this ABV.

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

Cask at the brewery tap. Aroma has malts and dark fruit plus a good waft of honey. Opaque amber. Bubbly off-white head. Like the aroma the underlying T.E.A. is there with light grains and slightly sour berries. However the honey sweetness is in throughout. They work together. Although the sour berries are then most prominent into the astringent finish. Medium bodied. Slick. Average-fizzy carbonation. Long and as already noted astringent finish. Nice enough amd it works but without being particularly impressive.

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