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

Bottle from Tesco, drunk at home. Light to medium gold with a fine white head. Honey, yeast, coriander, chilli and hints of leather in the nose. Bittersweet and spicy taste, with a dry and slightly acrid aftertaste. Very warming for its strength. This feels more English than Belgian but it’s still drinkable, just not overexciting. The spicy note is nice though.

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

Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell. Pale amber with a trace of white head; fruity floral aroma with perhaps a trace of citrus; thin and sweet in the mouth with a woody herbal taste that didn’t really do anything for me; followed by a dry finish with the juniper coming through. A pleasant change from the usual citrusy summer ales.

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

Cask handpull at County Hotel Ashford. Clear dark red brown colour lasting beige head. Malty fruity beer. Not much hop. Some malty sweetness. not much condition. distinctly average

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

Cask @ Palladium JDW, Llandudno [080615]
Golden, clear, thin white head
Aroma of soft herbal notes, slight house yeast, light
Taste is spicy, soft pale malts, grtting hint of ginger?, mellow spices, interesting soft flavour, soft floral notes, soft herbs, light caramel, no Marstons yeast, taste better than the nose
Palate - Medium body, smooth, quite oily, good mouthfeel, soft herbal ginger. Finish has a dab of pale biscuit, smooth.
Overall - Didn’t get the rosemary, more a gingery herb, but liked this

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle from Tesco, Brighouse. Reddish brown with no head. Has a sweet-malt aroma and taste. Has a fruitiness but nothing too special.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Keg @ Linen Hall JDW, Llandudno [010415]
Very dark brown, dense oatmeal head
Aroma - Very little on the nose, cold
Taste - Some sweet dark malts, touch of dark chocolate, flavour lacks depth, watery
Palate - Soft nitro carb, light to medium body, soft sweet. Rapid finish, slight sweetness
Overall - Not great, comes across as rather watery, dull

Hmmm

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

Cask @ Richard John Blackler, Liverpool. Copper with a small head. Malty throughout with a medium to high bitterness, but also a sticky sweetness.

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

Cask at the Greyfriar Preston. Pours clear copper with a thick white head. Aromas of toffee, malty. Taste is more toffee, malty finish. Malty.