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

500ml bottle from Becketts Farm Shop. Poured a clear medium brown colour with a lasting frothy off white head. The aroma is caramel malt and yeast. The flavour is moderate sweet and bitter, with a rich, toffee caramel malt, earthy, nutty, big woody hop bitter palate and a long bitter finish. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

16/10/2019. OLD POST OFFICE, 12 West Street, WARWICK, Warwickshire, England (FREE HOUSE)

29/05/2018. CROWN & TRUMPET, 14 Church Street, BROADWAY, Worcestershire, England (Ei)

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 6

From cask at The Dog & Bell, Deptford, London, 30.04.22, on the way home from Hannah’s surprise birthday party. Translucent dark golden. Some white head and lacing. Aroma and taste of pale malt, caramel, marmalade and hop bitterness, which is lingering on.

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

Cask at the Queens Head, Wordsley. Pours dark orange with a medium head. Aroma is bready. A little bit bland. Taste is bready with some vanilla.

Bottle from The Cotswold Cheese Co, Stow-on-the-Wold. Pours a deep Ruby colour with a thick creamy beige head. Aromas of caramel, dark fruits, toasty bread with a hint of roasted malts and nuts. Taste is the same but with more pronounced roasty notes and nuts and some added chocolate and a touch of vanilla. Thin to medium body, low carbonation and very smooth mouthfeel. Very nice. All 3 beers i have tried from this brewery have been very good.

Bottle from The Cotswold Cheese Co, Stow-on-the-Wold. Pours a clear deep golden colour with a medium sized throthy white head. Aromas of caramel, biscuits and floral hops. Taste has more of the same notes with some added orange, honey and a citrus bitterness on the finish. Medium to full bodied with a smooth slightly oily mouthfeel. Excellent full flavoured beer enjoying it.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Handpull cask at the King's Head, Leicester. Dark gold, clear with a tiny white head. Light aroma, notes of hay and buttered toast. Strong, sweet taste, with light buttery notes and herbal flavours with a bitter note in the finish. Oily body. Carbonation is soft to nil. A basic British golden buoyed up by the added ABV.

Bottle from The Cotswold Cheese Co, Stow-on-the-Wold. Pours a clear light chestnut colour with a one finger off-white head. Nice aromas of caramel and toffee with some doughy bread. Taste has the same notes again, malty with some added dark fruits, berries and a roasty bitterness on the finish. Medium to full body with a smooth oily mouthfeel. Nice flavourful beer. Enjoyable.

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

Bottle fro. Warwick Real Ale. Appearance - deep amber to brown. Sluhhtmy off white, proportionate head. Nose - toffee, raisins, dried orange and molasses. Taste - raisins, molasses and smoke this time. Palate - medium to full bodied, sweet middle and roasty / smoky finish. Overall - lovely traditional style ale.