Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

1/3 cask pour at GBBF Winter. dark golden pour with a small, sturdy head. Aroma and taste are right in the wheelhouse for the style, Malty, mild sweetness and just enough bitterness.

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at Crewe Dog, Crewe. Pours golden brown with a medium sized frothy almost white head and good lacing. The aroma is a mix of malts and bitter hops with a few nuts thrown in for good measure. In the mouth it is sweet and creamy with malts and honey to the fore. Some hoppiness comes through later. This is an enjoyable quality golden bitter – nice !

cask at the the lion Moulton ...Light copper ...thin white head ..soft sweet bready nose ...soft yeasty breas2..Light yeasty fruit

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at Crewe Dog, Crewe. Pours a slightly hazy golden yellow with minimal almost white head. Only a vague arma of malts and fruits. In the mouth it is sweet and juicy with summer fruits to the fore plus malts and hints of peaches. Later on there are traces of floral hops too, leadng to a slightly fruity finish. It’s reasonable, if somewhat bland.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at Earl of Chester, Crewe (not listed on RateBeer). Pours a slightly hazy golden yellow with medium sized white head and good lacing. The aroma is a mix of traditional hops anf malts. In the mouth it starts off fairly sweet with some hoppiness, but then bitterness creepa in and eventually takes over. Flavour of gentle citrus plus hints of ginger and bread rolls. Finish is slightly bitter. It’s reasonable.

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

Cask at Crewe Dog, Crewe. Pours a golden yellow with minimal white head. Aroma has some vague hints of traditional hops. In the mouth, hops are there more assertively along with corns and traces of biscuits. Initially sweet, it soon becomes quite bitter. Some lemongrass and caramel come through later. Finish is quite hoppy. This is reasonable – though a bit bland.

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

Cask at Crewe Dog, Crewe. Pours a dark chestnut with minimal off-white head. Not much of an aroma – just some hints of malt. Bitter oranges are the mainstay in the mouth. There’s also some hops and berry fruits and a kick of alcohol strength. Finish a rather bitter. Not a bad beer, but I’ve tasted much better from Merlin

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

Cask at Earl of Chester, Crewe (not listed in RateBeer). Pours a pale lemon yellow with medium white head and good lacing. Not much in the aroma – just some malt and caramel. Taste in the mouth is quite bland too at first with biscuit andc caramel the main sensations. Flavour when it does finally come is not an improvement – grapefruit enhanced citrus. Drinkable but not much more.