6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 6
Cask at Swan and Railway, Wigan. Pours a hazy golden amber with a small foamy cream head and good lacing. There’s oranges and hops in the aroma plus hints of caramel. In the mouth it starts off slightly bitter with a creamy texture. The bitterness increases but not to a huge extent. Flavour has malts, traditional hops, citrus, marmalade and a hint of treacle. Finish is slightly dry and bitter. This is reasonable.
Tried
from Draft
at
Swan & Railway
on 03 Sep 2025
at 13:15
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Leigh, where this beer hails from by proxy used to have a railway station until it closed in this month in 1969 - once used by a quarter of a million people in its heyday the town has since been reliant on road travel links. Thankfully they've managed to get this out of the Greater Manchester town to be enjoyed, and it is an enjoyable light texture but not thin golden ale.
Tried
from Cask
at
Baum
on 24 May 2025
at 13:48
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tried
from Cask
at
Wigan Central
on 15 Mar 2025
at 16:03
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Hops, Crewe – now brewed by 4Ts. Pours “bitter brown” with a small frothy off-white head and good lacing. Malts to the fore in the aroma, with just a trace of traditional hops. In the mouth it is sweet with a watery texture, but some bitterness soon starts to come through. Flavour has traditional hops and caramel plus hints of summer fruits and grains. Finish is a bit more bitter and slightly dry. This is reasonable, but somewhat bland to say the least.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Apr 2024
at 19:58
Tried
on 28 Oct 2022
at 11:40
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask sample from Hull Beer & Cider Fest 2019, courtesy of Grumbo. Cheers Graham! Amber colour, afew bubbles on top and roasty malty bready aroma. Taste is malty, bready, sweetish, some roasty notes, toffee, and mellow hop bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi-dry malty finish. Quite OK.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Apr 2019
at 21:03
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
12/4/2019. Cask handpull at the Hull Real Ale & Cider Festival 2019. Pours cloudy dark amber with a small off-white head. Aroma of sweet toffee, malt, fruit, chocolate, biscuit and veg. Medium plus sweetness, light bitterness. Moderate body, slight oily texture, soft to flat carbonation. Slightly chalky finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 Apr 2019
at 08:38
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Light brown colour with light haze and creamy head. Aroma and flavour have lots of toasted malts and even a little cocoa bitterness.
Tried
on 20 Dec 2016
at 08:46