6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell. A bright reddish amber colour with a ring of white head; aroma of rye grains; grainy taste with some toffee and a spicy bitterness; and a lingering bitter finish. Rather good I thought.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Oct 2016
at 03:41
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Guildford arms. Pours clear golden, nose is cheesy, light fruit, taste is sweet toffee, peach.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Sep 2016
at 15:15
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Cask at Aston Manor Beer Festival; golden yellow pour with a frothy off white head, aroma has a hint of citrus and sweet malts, taste has light citrus and sweet malts, a bit basic.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Jun 2016
at 14:30
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask pint in my local Wetherspoons on 8th Jan 2016. Deep chestnut body with a decent head that gave some impressive lacing: malts rule the brew throughout. Semi-sweet with a dry finish. Didn’t pick up any ’old ale’ style flavours and aromas. Decent enough even if it didn’t feel like an ’old ale’.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Jan 2016
at 08:21
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at the Hope Tap, JDW - Reading. Pours clear yellow with a dense, creamy white head. Grainy pale bread on the nose, mild lemony tang. Light sweet flavor with notes of husky grain, lemon peel, dough, dirty straw. Light bodied with fine carbonation; so so condition. Lightly astringent in the finish, with more hay, grains, sugary pale bread. Not great.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Dec 2015
at 14:25
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ Wetherspoons - Victoria Station (JDW), Vicoria SW1. Pours a clear pale golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty grassy hoppy aroma. Fruity malty grassy hoppy bitter weak tropical fruit flavor. Has a fruity malty grassy hoppy bitter finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Nov 2015
at 09:17
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Gravity cask at the Old Transporter Ale House, Henlow Camp. Honey brown, thin-looking, clear and flat. Light woody aroma. Taste is sweet, floral and fruity but not particularly engaging. Weak and thin body. I just can’t get very excited about this, a pretty boring bitter really.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Oct 2015
at 13:34
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at the "Southern Ale Adventure" Beer Festival at the Prince of Wales, Farnborough. An amber pour with a loose white head; caramel malt aroma; dry caramel malt taste; with a lingering malty finish. A pleasant light bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Oct 2015
at 08:23
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from the brewer’s own stall at the Thame Food Festival. Amber with a thin white head. Caramel and malt up front with a traditional English hop bite following and all the twiggyness that entails. Your standard traditional bitter really.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Sep 2015
at 15:41
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from the brewer’s own stall at the Thame Food Festival. Apparently this wsd brewed to commemorate a Midsomer Murders episode of the same name being filmed at the brewery. Golden-amber with a thin white head and a light fizz. Sweetish light caramel with a floral edge. Not much to it, but it’s pleasant enough and easy to drink.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Sep 2015
at 15:40