Subsidiaries
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Wetherspoon Spring Beer Festival 2026, Beer#13. Clear golden coloured ale. It has a lovely sessionable texture, only a tad fruity though, hops fill the void.
Tried
from Cask
at
Paramount
on 07 Mar 2026
at 19:41
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask handpull at Shakespeare Head Holborn. Clear gold colour lasting white head. OK blond ale. Some citrus flavours. Some yellow grapefruit flavour. No house Sheps yeast aroma. Decent enough citrus blond ale.
Tried
from Cask
at
Shakespeares Head (JDW)
on 07 Mar 2026
at 12:23
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Cask at Picture House, Stafford. Pours golden yellow with a small foamy almost white head and good lacing. Not much of an aroma – just hints of tropical fruits. In the mouth it starts off slightly bitter with a creamy texture and this slowly increases. Flavours are tropical fruits, floral hops, mango and traces of lychee. Later some underlying malts and hints of sharpness can be detected, plus traces of melon. This is reasonable.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Picture House (JDW)
on 06 Mar 2026
at 15:30
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading. Crystal clear deep gold with an off-white head and a light fizz. Superb condition. Caramel, lemon, sticky mango, a touch of dust and a light leafy hop note. Opal Fruit sweets. Sweetish, but I quite like that. Decent brew to start the fest.
Tried
from Cask
at
Back of Beyond
on 04 Mar 2026
at 12:45
5.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5
Flavor 4.5
Texture 5
Overall 5
Pint of cask at the Jampot in the City. It's a reasonable pint, nothing special and nothing bad. But I moved on to Spitfire after this so draw your own conclusions.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Mar 2026
at 18:51
6.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Half-pint, cask ale at The White Swan (JDW) in Islington. Near-clear golden body, pearl white head leaving spotty lacing behind. Moments of mango and peaches on the nose. Mixed taste of dusty hops, mango, and grain. Hop fruity ending. Medium bodied. Quite okay (London, 02.03.2026).
Tried
from Cask
at
White Swan (JDW)
on 02 Mar 2026
at 10:00
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Smell of malt, biscuits. Deep golden colour, small white head. Aroma of malt, nuts, some biscuits. Lively carbon. Medium sweet.
Tried
from Bottle
at
5piste5
on 28 Feb 2026
at 19:56
6.1/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Smell of sweet malt, some honey. Golden colour, tiny white head. Aroma of malt, grass, some biscuits. Lightly sweet, Fizzy carbon.
Tried
from Bottle
at
5piste5
on 28 Feb 2026
at 19:49
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Flaska från SB. Klar bärnstensfärgad vätska med medelhögt skum. Karamell och knäck i en bra kropp möter frisk humle med en lätt gräsig beska eller chblommiga aromer som gifter sig väl. Gott
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2026
at 12:45