6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pint on cask at the Gate House (JDW) 5:49 PM 17 Nov 22
Tried
from Cask
at
The Gate House (JDW)
on 04 May 2026
at 08:11
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Tried
from Cask
at
Anvil Inn
on 22 Mar 2026
at 14:05
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Hand pulled half pint at the Anvil on Friday 13th March 2026. Golden body (wasn't expecting that), weak white head. Aroma and taste is all about plums, it was actually very pleasant, Auntie Sue had two halves!
Tried
from Cask
at
Anvil Inn
on 13 Mar 2026
at 12:40
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Amber gold with a frothy white head and a soft sweet malt aroma. Big honey sweetness up front, with chewy malt, some floral hop bitterness and a dry bittersweet finish.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Thomas Drummond
on 21 Feb 2026
at 14:15
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask at Moon under Water, Wigan. Pours golden brown with a sizable foamy off-white head and good lacing. There’s floral hops in the aroma plus some hints of autumn fruits. In the mouth it is definitely sweet at the start, but soon some bitterness can be detected which gradually increases. Underlying sharp hints as well. Flavour has malts, caramel and toast to start, with floral hops becoming evident later alongside hints of dried fruit and spice. Bitterness lasts into the slightly dry finish. This is decent.
Tried
from Cask
at
Moon Under Water - Wigan (JDW)
on 28 Jan 2026
at 12:00
7/10
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Jan 2026
at 11:40
4/10
Pint in The Paramount, Oxford Street, Manchester. Rather disappointing, thin, lacking in character.
Tried
from Cask
at
Paramount
on 10 Jan 2026
at 19:00
5/10
Acceptable pale ale, nothing to shout about. Couple of bottles at home with a pizza.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2025
at 19:00
6.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Given it's a cheap Wetherspoon bought beer I'm guessing it's inexpensive cinnamon in here rather than Ceylon cinnamon - the third most expensive spice! Nevertheless it's a pleasant mildly spiced brew, helped by a very crisp and easy drinking texture. Low bitterness. A sweetness evident in aroma.
Tried
from Cask
at
Paramount
on 13 Dec 2025
at 19:29
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7
[Cask at the Hope Tap (JDW), Reading.] Am amber pour with a ring of white head; orchard fruit aroma; fresh in the mouth with an immediate fruity bitterness, some toffee apple and a biscuity body; then more hedgerow hop bitterness to finish. A nice seasonal bitter.
Tried
from Cask
at
Hope Tap
on 10 Dec 2025
at 13:36