6.6

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

330ml can from Co-op Eye - clear light amber, big frothy white head with staying power. Aroma - big bready malts with some citrus notes. Taste - again big bread, caramel, some light citrus notes which helps to freshen it slightly. Fairly strong bitterness. Palate - moderate body and fairly full for a 4.5%, semi-smooth, nice soft carbonation. Overall - more of a bitter than an IPA. I quite liked it even though it has limited hop character.

6

Toast to the lockdown cut 😅✂️

7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

330ml bottle. clear orange-gold, small white head. Malty, bread, caramel, orange, resin both in aroma and taste. With aroma it seems one-dimensional but in taste is has a nice depth to it with a semi-sweetness and a moderate bitterness and fruity zesty resin in the finish. Simple but effective with a good body to hold it together. I like it, a little under-rated I think.

7.8

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

Can from Waitrose, Gloucester Road, London on 3rd October 2020. Pours light copper with medium thick loose whitish foam and full lacing. Malty aroma. Caramel malt and sweet citrus in-mouth. A tangy citrus finish with caramel and a little orange peel. Medium bodied with a zingy mouthfeel.

5.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Can from somewhere, drank in Eastbourne. Aroma is quite skunky. Nice golden ale colour with low carbonation. Taste is fine but overall its a bit confused. West coast hops without the bitterness to hold them, quafable yet held back by unfinisheness. Its fine. Later on I noted a very astringent bitterness.

6

Can on 29th September 2020 from Waitrose, Gloucester Road in London. Pours a coppery amber with off-white foam affording full lacing. Biscuity malt aroma. Strong maltiness in-mouth with citric subtleties. A delicate finish of zesty peel and nutty malts. Medium bodied with a zingy mouthfeel.

7

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

Can as Toast Session IPA, at a mate's house (socially distanced). Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Light citrus aromas, faint malt. Taste is light citrus again, bready as expected. Light bitter finish. Decent enough, after a 10 mile cycle.

5.2

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

Ours amber with heavy carbonation and a massive white head. Aroma of toasted malt, yeast. Taste has herbal, resinous hop notes on top of a dry malt base. Palate has pine resin, lemongrass. Good.