I remember Owd Roger and the Hampshire Marston estate. I don't remember seeing Owd Roger in Hampshire but I doubt if I went there in Winter. I do remember it from the Rotal Standard of England at Forty Green and early GBBFs where they always had the Holy Trinity of Old Tom. Moonraker and Owd Roger. It was also the first pint for which I paid more than £1.00 a pint at a free house in a place called Chatteris in Cambridgeshire. I think the last time I had it on cask was at a Burton pub in the 1990s.
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Fairly regular in the long gone Winsor at Southampton bus station on handpump and the White Swan (Hyde St) in Winchester often had a cask on the counter in winter, I can't remember all the places I saw it, probably the Dolphin in Winchester High St would be one but the tied estate has long vanished into Greene King and many of the old pubs are closed including the unlamented Three Barrels in Basingstein/Basingrad.
May I refer you to Messers Timothy Taylor?
Dark Mild = Golden Best with Caramel
Ram Tam = Landlord with Caramel
The ABVs are the same in each case but the OG is a point higher according to GBG2019, this is due to the caramel. The addition of caramel was confirmed to me by a Taylors salesman .
If its the same beer it must taste the same but the brain gets tricked by the colour.Coca Cola tried a clear version of coke after removing the colouring but nobody liked it.I have tried the TT Golden and Dark mild side by side and definitely thought they were different beers.