Third of a cask pint in my local Wetherspoons on 14th October 2024. Liked the colour of this, bright amber body, beige topping. Malty and semi-sweet with a bittering finish, nice easy drinking Bitter.

On cask at the SO. Appearance - copper and clear. From the gantry so flatter than the others. Nose - toffee and apple. Bready. Taste - like treacle sponge and still some apple. Palate - light to medium bodied, tangy sweet and sour middle and finish. Overall - good despite the slightly flat pour.

[Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading.] An amber pour with a tight off-white head; aroma of barley; quite oily in the mouth with a barley sugar taste and a herbal bitterness with a trace of fresh mint; then a dry grainy finish.

Keg at the Sheffield Tap. Pours near-black with a thin beige head. Aromas of roasted malt and light coffee. Taste is more of the same. Thin finish.

Cask at Sun Inn, Stafford. Pours golden amber with a small foamy almost white head and good lacing. The aroma is a miz of traditional hops and malts with some hints of marmalade, In the mouth it vacillates between sweet and bitter and is quite juicy. Flavour has malts and oranges with some hints of ginger later. Finish is vaguely fruity. It’s reasonable.

Cask at the Attic brewery. Poured a clear light amber colour with a thin white head. The aroma is malt, light woody hops. The flavour is moderate bitter, with a fresh, somewhat light, earthy, light yeasty, woody hop bitter palate. Medium to light bodied with soft carbonation.

Cask at Sun Inn, Stafford. Pours a dark copper with a small foamy off-white head. The aroma is mainly malts with a few traces of floral hops. In the mouth it is sweet and creamy with nuts and marmalade to the fore and hints of floral hops, which grow stronger in the long finish. This is decent enough,

Cask at Sun, Stafford. Pours golden yellow with a medium sized foamy almost white head and good lacing. There’s floral hops and mango in the aroma – but not to any great extent. In the mouth it starts off slightly bitter with a creamy texture but the bitterness quickly increases to dominate. Flavour has floral hops, pine resin and mango plus a hint of ginger. Later on generic citrus becomes prominent alongside traces of lychee and kiwi, and this leads to a foul tasting sticky finish. This was a very nice beer – until let down by the citrus.

Ribena Ruby with a thin head. Aroma of blackcurrant. Flavour is fruit porter, plum and grape, smooth texture, bitter malty background. Interesting mix.