5.8

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

Half-pint, cask ale after breakfast at Coronet (JDW). Creamy, pearl white head remaining over a clear copper coloured body, upper part lacing on the glass. Moderate caramel aromas with a biscuit vibe. Subdued taste of caramel and a backing note of dark fruits. Bittersweet tail. Just okay. (London, 08.12.2023).

7.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at The Gordon Highlander, Inverurie. It pours clear chestnut brown with a decent yellowy beige head. The aroma is bitter - sweet, rather fruity, red berry and dried fruits, fig, sultana, raisin, nuttiness, toffee and brown bread. The taste is dry, toothy, bitter - sweet, fruit & nut, brown bread, touch of toffee, dried fruits, raisin, sultana, fruit cake, touch of spice and toasty grain with a drying, woody finish. Average body and fine, fluffy carbonation. A really well out together bitter. Nice depth and satisfying flavour. Surprised me.

5

Metallic, copper, sourish, grainy, chalky

6.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

--Bottled, at The Lamplighter, St Helier. -- Clear pale amber, mid sized head. Aroma of hay and bread. Dry with light body and rounded mouthfeel. Bready with some hay. Mid bitter finish.

5.8

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

Cask handpull at The County Hotel JDW Ashford. Clear russet colour lasting cream head. Some spice in it. Some milk chocolate. Not my thing spice. Some red fruits. Bit sweet. Eeek.

6.2

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

Cask from JDW Ritz, Lincoln. Amber colour with an off white head. Light malty aroma and taste slight caramel. Medium body.

7.8

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

On cask. Appearance - deep amber to brown. Not much head. Nose - dried orange and sweet spice. Chewy toffee and general cakiness. Taste - dried orange, cake and spice. Palate - close to medium bodied, chewy sweet middle and finish. Overall - lovely stuff. More of a winter than autumnal beer, mind.

7

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

Cask at the Twelve Tellers, Preston. Pours clear amber with a thin off-white head. Aromas of light hedgerow fruits, earthy malt. Taste is more of the same. Light sweet finish.

6.1

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask @ The Turls Green, Bradford. Dark clear copper-amber with a glow and a thick creamy head. Certainly autumnal in taste, with smooth tasting malts abundant and earthy in design.