7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

500ml bottle purchased from Beers of Europe and drunk at home. Reddish chestnut and clear with a small off-white ring of head. Light aroma, mostly malty and bready character with some stone fruit and a touch of tamarind. Wonderful balanced taste, a little spicy and smoky and not too sweet. Bitterness is prevalent in the finish. Watery body with low carbonation. All in all a very good beer. Exceeded my expectations.

7

Bottle online from Beers Of Europe. Pours a light golden colour with a medium sized fluffy white head. Aromas of floral, citrus, doughy white bread and a little peppery spice. Taste is more floral and citrus lemon, sherbet, lemon, doughy bread, some herbal notes and peppery spice. Thinnish body, soft carbonation and smooth slightly oily mouthfeel. Decent beer. I prefer the original Bluebird Bitter but this is still pretty good.

7

Bottle online from Beers Of Europe. Pours a clear golden colour with a large thick foamy white head. Aromas of caramel, tea and leafy hops. Has is very similar to the aroma with more caramel, tea and leafy hops with added notes of biscuits and peppery spice. Light notes of citrus coming through also. Very malty with some earthy hops lingering on the finish. Medium body, low carbonation and smooth slightly oily mouthfeel. Good traditional Bitter.

6.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle ordered from Beer GB. Aroma had sour fruit, nuts and glue. Clear copper gold. Thin bubbly translucent white head primarily sticks to the rim. Sweet and sour jammy fruit. Boozy bitter edge. Light-medium bodied. Slick-oily. Average-fizzy carbonation. Long somewhat astringent finish. A polite, restrained Barley Wine. Nice but not quite bathing in Christmas.

6.8

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Bottle 50cl. @home poured into an English pint. Clear copper colour, good creamy off-white head, diminishing slowly to athick layer, fair lacing. Aroma sweet malts, caramel, some roast, liquorice, hay. Taste light to medium sweet and bitter, toffee, liquorice, nutty notes, Light to medium body, oily texture, semi-thin mouthfeel. Soft carbonation, smooth malty sweetbitter aftertaste, well-balanced, some cardboard, light roast till the end, more a best bitter – and not bad as such – instead of an old ale, nice.

6.8

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

Rocky white head stayed on a chestnut coloured body. Fruity & fried fruit aroma. Medium bodied, smooth with a lively clean back. Fruity, berries, caramel, liquorice & spiced tastes with a lightly hopped sweet finish. That's a good one.

5.2

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Cask at Shelter, clear orange, sudsy white head.  Nose has orange and green apple, some tea, malt.  Flavor is orange and lemon and tea.  Green apple too.  Finishes a touch watery with a prickle on the tongue.  5 3 6 2 10