Worthy of praise
Pete Brown visits the Worthington White Shield Brewery to explore the history of one of Burton's most legendary beers.
Carling C2
Clear pale gold, nice tight head. Pepper aroma, neutral taste with the merest hint of hop. Medium-bodied, dry palate is dominated by faint sweet malt and a slight bitterness.
Cobra King Cobra
78Elegantly packaged, unusual, bottle-conditioned strong lager with good, fresh flavours.
Coors Carling
66Uninspiring, characterless beer lacking freshness. The canned version.
Coors Worthington's White Shield
85Very well balanced and always interesting, this 19th century survivor of the original IPA boom is all too easy to drink for its strength. Credit to Coors for investing in
this erstwhile badly-abused b...
Grolsch Weizen
Sweet and fruit with a wheaty dryness. An appetising nose of banana, pear and cloves. An easy-drinking weissbier,
Worthington's White Shield
83A classy, wonderfully balanced copper ale that continues to be at the head of the field of bottle-conditioned beers.