5.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 4.5

3rd December 2025
Cask at Pigs Ear. Near clear rich gold beer, small bubbly pale cream colour head. Light palate, semi dry, decent fine carbonation. Ripe pale malts and overripe bruised citrus. Light and semi dry finish. D ull.

6.3

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

Gravity Cask at day 2 of the 41st Pigs Ear Beer Festival, 03/12/2025.
Copper pour topped with a lasting off white head.
Nose is biscuit, stewed fruits, grains, herb.
Taste comprises orange peel, grass, light floral notes, bready tones.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close.
Okay.

04/11/2021. EGHAM BEER FESTIVAL, Egham United Services Club, 111 Spring Rise, EGHAM, Surrey, England

5.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at Egham Beer Fest. Aroma is grainy - rye - with a sour edge. Opaque dark amber. Frothy white head. Sweet sugariness with a bitter sour tinged rye edge. A hint of cocoa. Light bodied. Slick. Average carbonation. Dry finish. Not impressed. Lacks substance.

7.1

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

Gravity cask at Pigs Ear 2021 - Hackney. ABV noted at 5.0%. Pours an attractive clear copper with a frothy, light khaki head. Light-medium sweet flavour with toasted malts, light spicy grains, a little earth, aged berries, English yeast. Light bodied with fine carbonation; decent condition. Balanced finish, rounded bready malts. Nice one.

6.2

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

Cask at EBF Nov 2021. Aroma is fruity with sour berry hints. Big lively foamy light beige head. Chestnut. Clear. Initial sourness berries. Soon followed by chocolatey malty bitterness. A tad smoky However this is short-lived as tropical fruits come through and into the finish. Light-medium bodied. Thin. Soft carbonation. Long dry finish. More a hoppy ESB than a Red IPA. Not great.

6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Keg at The Outhousr Brewery, Wokingham. Yeasty mushroom aroma. Clear light gold. Thick creamy translucent white head. Medium citrus sour. Sweet streak. Underlying bitterness. Light bodied. Thin. Lifted by soft carbonation. Long dry finish. Ermm citrusy if somewhat Sweet. Makes me think of a Wit.

6.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at Egham. Sweet stone fruit aroma. Slightly hazy copper gold. Bubbly white head. A touch of bitterness before good dose of sweet stone fruit comes into play. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Flat carbonation. Long sweet finish. A tad to sweet for my taste. Kinda flat.

6.3

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask (gravity) @ EBF18 2014, 18th Egham Beer Festival, Egham United Services Club (EUSC), 111 Spring Rise, Egham, Surrey, England TW20 9PE. [ As Hedgedog Cobham Amber ].Clear medium amber color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, pale malt, fruity. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a long duration, fruity, caramel, nutty notes, light hoppy. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20140807] 6-2-7-3-13

7.4

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

Cask at the Maidenhead Beer Festival 2015 [as Hedgedog Amber Ale.] A golden amber pour with a loose cream head; creamy, fruity aroma; soft caramel taste with a light herbal bitterness; and a smooth, dry, caramel finish. Very satisfying, and the probably the best Amber Ale I’ve tried so far.