UPDATED: JUL 13, 2022 Nice Pale Ale, bought from Jon Barley Corn's shop in Cotswold Court, The Green, Broadway WR12 7AA.

UPDATED: JUL 1, 2022 # 3081; 7/2022. Aroma of apple, biscuit. Brilliant gold body; white head. Malty, floral, fruity, chalk, biscuit. Very good ESB. 0,5 l, bottle, shop (Coop), Towcester (East Midlands, England).

UPDATED: OCT 26, 2021 Bottle from the Co-op in Bourton. Well hopped, full body, hint of citrus, caramel malt. Nice.

UPDATED: MAY 27, 2021 Bottle from the Co-op Cirencester Services. Pours a clear light copper colour with a thin off-white head. Aromas of caramel, honey, biscuit malts and hints of floral. Taste has the same notes again, more floral and also some citrus rind on the bitter finish. Medium to full bodied with a very smooth slightly oily mouthfeel. Quite enjoyable.

UPDATED: MAY 25, 2021 Old rating from 2014 - 500ml bottle, pours dark golden with a thin white head. Aromas & tastes of fruits, earth, butter & malt. Moderate body. Moderate bitter finish

UPDATED: MAY 15, 2021 Almost out of lockdown, March 2021 - the day we took part in the government Covid restrictions research event at Kempton Racetrack - the Reunion 5k. 500ml dark bottle, filtered, direct from the brewery. This is a proper beer. Good malt - sweet and chewy, laced with well soaked traditional English hops. Just a tad too robust for my personal taste, but still, a spanking old fashioned premium bitter. [2.9] Oct, 2011 500ml bottle from Waitrose. A bottled premium bitter. A robust bitter hopping on an orange malt base. A bit too much bittering for my personal taste. [2.9] Nov, 2003 Bottle. Tasty, slightly syrupy, malt, and a decent, but not excessive hopping. A pleasant ale. [2.9]

UPDATED: JAN 9, 2021 (Bottle). 500ml bottled opened without any pop, hiss or fanfare. Nondescript hoppy ale aroma. Poured an amber/gold colour. Practically no head or carbonation. First taste was anticipated: Will it be malty, hoppy, estery, buttery? Not really any of the above. Just a clean, slightly bitter drop. Quite a dry finish, there is no residual sweetness at all. The hops are there but not overpowering, with continued drinking there is a kava-like tongue numbing experience. Becomes more bitter with each mouthful, this may be too much bitterness for the discernable malt present.

UPDATED: DEC 19, 2020 Pours a straw colour with a thin white coloured head. The aroma is slightly fruity with the flavour being earthy with a slight bitterness that is long-lasting on the palate. Overall a reasonably good quality beer.

UPDATED: OCT 9, 2020 500ml bottle from Gloucester Services. Pours clear golden amber with an off-white head. Aroma: biscuit malts, citrus, citrus peel, caramel. Taste: light sweet & moderate bitter, citrus peel, a little burnt toffee. Medium body, fine carbonation dry bitter finish.

UPDATED: JUL 28, 2020 500ml bottle from Waitrose, Rickmansworth and drunk on 23/06/2010. A really good bottled bitter. Hook Norton always made excellent real ales, but their bottled beers were pretty much the pinnacle for nonconditioned beers.