7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
3rd December 2025
Cask at Pigs Ear. Clear gold beer, small bubbly pale cream colour head. Airy smooth palate, mildly dry, decent fine carbonation. Fairly sweet pale malts, some honeyish sweetness. Light ripe citrus, again a bit honeyish. Smooth light finish. Solid.
Cask at Pigs Ear. Clear gold beer, small bubbly pale cream colour head. Airy smooth palate, mildly dry, decent fine carbonation. Fairly sweet pale malts, some honeyish sweetness. Light ripe citrus, again a bit honeyish. Smooth light finish. Solid.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Jan 2026
at 12:44
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Gravity Cask at day 2 of the 41st Pigs Ear Beer Festival, 03/12/2025.
Clear golden with a white cap that thins to the edge.
Nose is bitter fruit rinds, straw, grass, hedgerow.
Taste comprises orange peel, grass, herb, grains, straw.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close.
Okay pale.
Clear golden with a white cap that thins to the edge.
Nose is bitter fruit rinds, straw, grass, hedgerow.
Taste comprises orange peel, grass, herb, grains, straw.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close.
Okay pale.
Tried
on 03 Dec 2025
at 14:08
4.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 2
Texture 4
Overall 3.5
Cask at Butlers Bell, Stafford. Pours a pale gold with a small foamy off-white head. Aroma has mainly biscuits and malts with a hint of summer fruits. It the mouth it is sharp and bitter like thick cut marmalade. There are floral hops plus grass, tangferines and a trace of generic citrus. Finish is dry. Not keen on this at all – but I’m not sure if it was a bad beer or a decent beer badly kept. Needs a rerate in happier circumstances.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Aug 2022
at 20:11
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at Butler’s Bell, Stafford. I could have sworn that this beer was already listed on RB, so I didn’t bother taking a photo of the pump clip. But, hey ho, Untappd wins again… Pours a very dark reddish-brown with a small cream head. Quite a pleasant aroma of malts and general fruitiness. Pretty much the same in the mouth with a sweet textutre, and flavours of dark fruits, malts and olde English spangles. After a while though you realise it’s rather watery. Nonetheless it’s a decent mild.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 May 2022
at 22:38
4.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Cask at Butlers Bell, Stafford. Pours golden amber with a small frothy white head. Some vague generic citrus in the aroma. In the mouth there is a brief hint of sweetness before it becomes very bitter with citrus and oranges. Texture is rather syrupy and the finish has sticky orange all over. There’s a whole lot of bitterness here but not many hop characteristics. No for me this one.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Apr 2022
at 17:03
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Butlers Bell, Stafford. Pours a hazy bitter brown that is slow to settle, with a strong off-white head and good lacing. There’s malts and grains in the aroma, but not overdone. Mouthfeel is sharp and bitter with flavours of traditional hops, chestnuts plus a little malt and treacle. Later on some ginger can be detected. Reasonable enough, but not very exciting.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Mar 2022
at 22:51
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Butler’s Bell, Stafford. Pours a lemon yellow with minimal white head. Aroma is mainly malts. There’s a sharpness on first contact with the mouth with floral hops and caramel evident. Later it becomes slightly sweet and juicy with oranges to the fore. Finish is quite fruity too. Decent enough, but a little bland.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Mar 2022
at 22:50
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Gravity cask at Pigs Ear 2021 - Hackney. Pours clear, rich gold with a healthy, foamy white head. Lightly sweet with an interesting, almost tropical bubblegum fruit note, light citrus rind bitterness, subtle sun-kissed bread. Light bodied with fine carbonation; decent condition. Alright balance to finish, more bright fruity character, lightly toasted bready malts, nutty accents. Enjoyable bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Dec 2021
at 15:12
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the pigs ear beer festival 2021. A clear golden coloured pour with a a loose off white head. Aroma is plain, nutty twiggy malts, grass, sileage. Flavour is composed of semi sticky toffee, grass, grassy hop, sileage, sticky. Hop, grass. Toffee. Palate is semi sweet, rounded, moderate carbonation. Decent.
Tried
from Cask
on 01 Dec 2021
at 15:07
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Gravity cask at Pigs Ear 2021 - Hackney. Pours clear gold with a bubbly, white head. Lightly sweet with simple bready pale mats, a little ripening tangerine, low bitterness. Light bodied with men carbonation. Alright balance to finish, pale bread, vague citrus hops, a little English yeast perhaps. Basic but drinkable enough.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Nov 2021
at 22:19