Subsidiaries
6.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6
Gravity cask at the 28th St Albans Beer Festival, 26/09/25.
Golden copper topped with an off white head.
Nose is biscuit, earthy fruit rinds, straw, herb.
Taste comprises bready notes, stewed fruits, grass, grains.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close.
Okay bitter.
Golden copper topped with an off white head.
Nose is biscuit, earthy fruit rinds, straw, herb.
Taste comprises bready notes, stewed fruits, grass, grains.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close.
Okay bitter.
Tried
on 26 Sep 2025
at 11:35
6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Gravity cask at the 28th St Albans Beer Festival, 26/09/25.
Golden blonde topped with a just off white crown.
Nose is citric tinged straw, melon, orange peel.
Taste comprises grass, melon, tangerine, soft malts.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close splashed with mellow light juicy hop bitterness.
Okay cask pale but a little subdued for an APA.
Golden blonde topped with a just off white crown.
Nose is citric tinged straw, melon, orange peel.
Taste comprises grass, melon, tangerine, soft malts.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close splashed with mellow light juicy hop bitterness.
Okay cask pale but a little subdued for an APA.
Tried
on 26 Sep 2025
at 11:30
6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6
Gravity cask at the 28th St Albans Beer Festival, 26/09/25.
Golden blonde topped with an off white head.
Nose is pale malts, straw, biscuit, stewed fruit esters.
Taste comprises melon, breads, orange peel, grass.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close with modest hop bitterness.
Okay ... a bit muted.
Golden blonde topped with an off white head.
Nose is pale malts, straw, biscuit, stewed fruit esters.
Taste comprises melon, breads, orange peel, grass.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close with modest hop bitterness.
Okay ... a bit muted.
Tried
on 26 Sep 2025
at 10:44
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading. Copper coloured with an off-white head. Despite opening with a dry, twiggy bitterness, this turns out to be quite a fruity little number. Red apples and strawberry jam are backed up with plenty of malt and a touch of caramel. I rather enjoyed this - a pleasant surprise from a brewery that I'm not normally that fond of.
Tried
from Cask
at
Back of Beyond
on 28 Aug 2025
at 16:08
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at Bird In Hand, Stafford. Pours a slightly hazy “bitter brown” with a medium sized foamy almost white head and good lacing. There’s malts and mixed hops in the aroma alongside yeast and summer fruits. In the mouth there is a flirting taste of sweetness before it is swept away by traditional hoppy bitterness. Flavour is quite fruity with apples and lemon marmalade, plus hints of nuts and oranges later. Sweetness returns to a certain extent in the dry finish. This is quite decent – best beer of the day.
Tried
from Cask
at
Bird in Hand (Black Country Inns)
on 27 Aug 2025
at 16:15
6/10
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Aug 2025
at 17:10
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Aug 2025
at 14:22
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Aug 2025
at 14:22
6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
22/8/2025. Cask at the 33rd East Anglian Beer & Cider Festival, Bury St Edmunds.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Aug 2025
at 13:21
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
22/8/2025. Cask at the 33rd East Anglian Beer & Cider Festival, Bury St Edmunds.
Tried
from Cask
on 23 Aug 2025
at 13:20