Cask (handpump) @ Angel Pub, Manchester, England. @ [ RBESG 09 ]. A weird name indeed. Orange golden color with medium white head. Malty aroma, floral hops, lots of honey. Very sweet only slightly bitter.

Bottle from chriso (@home, BB 02/2010). Dark ruby brown color, smallish steady creamy beige head. Aroma has wood, raisins and fruitcake plus odd barnyard note. Carbonated. Some caramel, toasted malts and nuts, a bit raisiny. Standard well-brewed English ESB.

Cask at the Red Lion, Evenley, Northants on a Morris Dance out 30-07-09 Pours mid gold with stable white head, aroma is lightly hoppy. Taste is hoppy, fruity and actually quite bitter, not bad. A6 A3 F6 P3 Ov12 3.0

Cask (handpump) @ Angel Pub, Manchester, England. @ [ RBESG 09 ]Clear medium yellow orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, apple. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration. Body is medium to light, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090718]

Ok... in a departure from normal rating... due to the INCREDIBLY high number of BLOND ales during the Shefiled trip that all blended into one another im breaking them down into three catagories Catagory A : Golden Yellow ... light fruity lemon hop nose ... soft dull light lemon hop Catagory B : Amber ... light dry lemon hop ... soft light lemon hop with a little malt in background Catagory C : Amber ... soapy lemon nose ... light brigh lemon hop Catagory D : Amber ... light grassy lemon hop ... dry grassy lemon hop Catagory E : Amber ... light grapefruit hop ... again light hop with a little grapefruit This is a Catagory B

Bottled (once again thanks to the craziest bartender in the world!). Rubyish amber colour with mediumsized slightly off-white creamy head. Aroma is caramel malts along with some grassy and wooden notes. Flavour is quite much the same along with some raisins/plum. A bit sweeter than I’m used to having ESB’s, but also very drinkable.

Bottle 50cl. @ home.Clear medium amber orange color with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, light caramel, moderate hoppy, citrus, orange, light notes of toffee and butter. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium to light, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20090714]

Clear pale gold with off-white haed. Subtle malty aroma with hint of spice. Medium body, rather fizzy. Foretaste is malty with fruity (citrus) notes and some metallic hints, with a pleasant but restrained long fairly bitter finsh. Overall, it’s a decent beer but rather light in flavour - easy drinking and refreshing, but not much character.

Cask (handpump) @ Barony Bar, 83 - 85 Broughton Street, Edinburgh EH1 3RJ, Scotland.Clear medium amber orange color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toffee, buttery notes, light hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090409]