7

On cask at the White Lady. Appearance - deep amber with a creamy beige head. Nose - toffee, brown bread and dried orange. Taste - some malt and hop spice this time, dried orange, brown bread and still some toffee lurking. Palate - medium bodied, tangy and bitter middle and finish. Overall - pretty good example of the style.

6.4

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

Cask at the Foot of the Walk. Pours clear amber with a thin off-white head. Aromas of toffee and hazelnut. Taste adds light spice. Thin finish.

5.6

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

Cask at the crosse Keys Bank. A hazed orange amber coloured pour with a a lively off white head. Aroma is tangy, stewed fruit, berries, sweet bread, stewed hop. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, twiggy, nutty malts, dried fruits, fruit and nut, tangy apple, palate is semi sweet, but lifeless. But bland.

6.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at Square Bottle, Chester. Pours a deep chestnut with a small cream head. There’s malts, caramel and hints of yeast in the aroma. In the mouth it is slightly bitter with a creamy texture. Flavours of traditional hops, malts and honey with oranges and traces of melon coming through later leading to a slightly fruity finish. This reasonable but nothing special.

6.9

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

Third of a cask pint in my local Wetherspoons on 14th October 2024.Nice looking beer, amber and bright, cream coloured topping. Malty brew with a non-sweet biscuit front, some herbal/spicy traces in the mix, light hop bitterness.

6.6

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

Clear pale amber with a bubbly/frothy white head. Soft biscuit malt aroma, with just a hint of fruit. Light bodied, fresh biscuit malt with a sweet fruity edge, floral hop bitterness, a hint of spice and a dry bitter finish

6.5

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

[Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading.] A golden amber pour with a loose cream head; biscuity malt aroma; sweet biscuity malt taste with a light English hop bitterness; and a touch of spice to finish. A nice traditional English bitter.

7

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

Cask at the White Swan JDW Solihull. Poured a clear medium amber colour with a mostly lasting frothy white head. The aroma is malt, biscuit. The flavour is moderate bitter, super light sweet, with a smooth, herbal, earthy, woody hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Nicely balanced and tasty.

7

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

Cask at the moon under water Watford Jdw. A clear golden coloured pour with a lasting fine white head. Aroma is nice base grains,, gooseberry, lemongrass, straw, straw. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, Base malts, more gooseberry, lime, hedgerow hop, grass, palate is semi sweet, semi crisp, decent cask condition. Solid hoppy golden

6.6

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

Hand-pulled pint in the Telford Town Centre Wetherspoons on 6th September 2024. Clear and clean light golden body, white crown. Easy blend of pale malts and slightly bittering hops, a mild citrus leaning also. Nothing unusual or different, just a nice pint of beer.