Festival pint at Golden Bee pub in Stratford-Upon-Avon, England. Cask pour. It pours a pitch black color with a small beige head and excellent retention. Excellent lacing. Very mild dark caramel and light coffee aroma. The flavor is very mild. No caramel notes. Super smooth and clean. This is a mild stout overall. The flavor's not super special, but the cask conditioning is super smooth, clean, and creamy. It's a medium-heavy body and low carbonation. Almost no bitterness. Great texture.

Festival pint at Golden Bee pub in Stratford-Upon-Avon, England. It pours a clear cranberry color with a small pink head and good retention. Great lacing too. Sweet berry aroma. Sweet berry flavor too. It's not dry like most ciders. It tastes like fruit juice. It's nice and juicy and sweet. Smooth and clean. Medium-light body and very low carbonation. No bitterness. This could be the best cider I've ever had!

Festival pint draft at the Shambles Pub in York, England. It pours a crystal clear yellow color with a small white head. Fair retention. No real aroma to speak of. This is a pretty straightforward pale lager profile. Pale malt flavor. No bitterness. Easy drinking. Smooth and clean. It's good, but nothing special. This does have a tiny Euro lager sulfur finish to it that knocks it down a peg.

Festival pint draft at the Shambles Pub in York, England. Pours a crystal clear rose color with no head or lacing. Strong raspberry aroma, as expected. Wow, this tastes like strawberry candy. More of a fruit juice versus a true cider. Very sweet. Thin body and low carbonation. Zero bitterness. It's a sweet candy cider. Very refreshing. Definitely not beer, but I like the taste.

Festival pint draft at the Waterloo Bar, Edinburgh, Scotland. Cask pour. Jumping in here to dodge the rain. It pours a clear dark amber color with a small beige head and excellent retention. Quasi nitro pour. No aroma at all. Tastes kind of like an ESB, but a little darker and maltier. Great texture. Very creamy. Medium body and low carbonation. Very low bitterness. Great texture but somewhat generic flavor.

500ml bottle from Sainsbury's, London, England. Pours a clear gold color with an off-white head and decent retention. Decent lacing. Light bread and malt aroma. The taste follows the nose, with pale malts and more bread. Smooth and clean. Nothing special, just a textbook blonde. Medium-heavy body. Low carbonation. Low bitterness. Moreish.

Festival pint draft at the Royal Mile Tavern in Edinburgh, Scotland. It pours a clear gold color with a small off-white head and very good retention. Absolutely no aroma. Soft pale malt flavor. Clean and smooth with a very faint bready note in the finish. More of a pale lager profile versus a Helles in my opinion. Light body. Medium carbonation. Not bitter.