6.4

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

Bottled@O'Haras, Tampere. Hazy deep orangeish amber colour with a big foamy head. Aroma is fruity, some grassy, floral and mild herbal tones. Flavour is fruity, floral, grassy and some biscuity tones with mild cooked vegetables to it too.

6

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

Bottled@O'Haras, Tampere. Golden colour with a small white head. Aroma is grassy, flora, fruity with some caramel. Flavour is herbal, fruity, mild toasted tones with some nuts and mild grassy and floral bitterness.

6

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

Bottled@O'Haras, Tampere. Rubyish black colour with a mediumsized slightly off-white head. Aroma is ripe fruits, espresso, some toffee an mild nutty and chocolaty tones. Flavour is chocolaty, some ripe fruits, mild vanilla, coffee and some roasted tones. A bit on the thin side of the palate, otherwise nice.

6.8

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

Bottled@O'Haras, Tampere. Copper colour with a mediumsized off-white head. Aroma is grassy, fruity, some vanilla, wood and mild sweet malty tones with a wee bit of nutty elements. Flavour is ripe fruits, some sweet malts, vanilla, whisky and mild nutty tones.

5.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottled@O'Haras, Tampere. Golden colour with a mediumsized foamy white head. Aroma is wheat, some spices, citrus, grass and mild herbal tones. Flavour is wheat, citrus, some yeasty/spicy tones with mild buttery and some herbal tones. Homebrewish.

5.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Keg at my Dad's funeral wake at Chippenham Park Bowls Club (who put on a shindig that would have made my Dad chuffed to bits - thanks to everyone there). I was glad they had this brew on, as it was very much the sort of beer my Dad would have gone for. I never much liked this beer on cask myself, but had never tried the keg version. It's an amber beer with a cream-coloured nitro head. It's quite watery and rather bland, with a touch of caramel and a light dusty bitterness. It's a style of bitter that's probably about 40 years out of fashion, but you know what - there's nothing actually wrong with it, it's quite drinkable and on a hot day when I was stuck in a too-warm suit it was actually quite refreshing. It's certainly better than similar keg bitters such as John Smith's or Tetley's. So... cheers Dad, thanks for being such an all round top bloke, I will always miss you.

28/03/2015. KING OF WESSEX, 5-10 James Street West, BATH, Bath & North East Somerset, England (WETHERSPOONS)

18/10/2013. WETHERSPOONS, Victoria Station, LONDON, SW1, England (WETHERSPOONS)

17/07/2010. DINNEYWICKS, The Chipping, KINGSWOOD, Gloucestershire, England (WADWORTHS)