6.8

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

6.6

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

Half pint at the Doncaster Beer festival.
Medium white head. Clear light amber pour. Light bitterness

6.6

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

This has to be one of the 5 worst beer puns I've ever jeard. Jesus. Keg draught at the Queens Road Tap, Leicester. Dark gold, hazy with an uneven white head. Notes of bubblegum, caramel and banana in the aroma. Very hefe but perhaps a bit inauthentic. Sweet taste, fading to some bitterness. Flavours fade a bit. Slight vegetal note. Light body with fairly intense carbonation. Not too shabby but a bit of a mixed bag.

6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

Handpull cask at the Queens Road Tap, Leicester. Light pale gold, clear with a small off-white head. Grainy aroma, Hay, fresh bread, a little bit of fruity citrus. Sweet taste, a little bit of a buttery aftertaste which I'm not crazy about. Light to medium body. No carbonation. Not overly crazy about this one but it is passable.

7.5

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

Draught keg at the Queens Road Tap, Leicester. Dark brown, a little translucent with a ring of beige/khaki head. Coffee, yeast extract in rhe aroma. Light notes of liquorice. Sweet taste, some treacle and hints of salted plum, going toward a more bitter finish. Light body, fairly heavy carbonation.

6.8

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

Cask at the Sandford Park Alehouse, Cheltenham, 02/08/24. Clear golden copper with a lasting off white head. Nose is orange peel, grass, straw, grains. Taste comprises tangerine, straw, hedgerow, biscuit, toffee. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close with mellow hop bitterness. Not bad.

6.5

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

Gravity cask at the 2024 Leicester CAMRA Beer Festival, Abbey Pumping Station. Golden brown, clear with a white head. Malty aroma, slightly astringent, some caramel. Bittersweet taste, nicely balanced. Some orange bitters on the finish. A bitter by numbers but not a bad one.

6.6

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

Cask at the Nottingham Beer festival 2024. Deep brownish amber colour with a tan head. Aroma and taste are chocolate and vanilla, slight sweet. Light body.