Third of a pint in my local Spoons on 7th March 2026. Red hue to the brown body, half chestnut/mahogany maybe, off white crust, it's dark in here. Malty and nutty with an earthy biscuit like taste, decent Brown Ale all round.

Cask at Moon Under Water, Wolverhampton. Pours a dark reddish-brown with a medium sized frothy off-white head and excellent lacing. The aroma has roasted malts, treacle and biscuits. In the mouth it is slightly bitter from the start, but becomes increasingly more so. Flavours are roasted malts, toffee and parkin, with hints of chocolate and dark fruits coming later. Finish is quitev dry and fruity. This is decent.

Cask at Archibald Simpsons. It pours clear chestnut brown with a thick, fluffy pale tan head. The aroma is bitter - sweet , caramel, cola, toasty brown sugars, toasted fruit loaf, chocolate and coffee. The taste is dry, nice punchy bitterness, earthy, wood, leather, light tannic, roasty coffee, toasted nut and lightly charred notes. Light to average body and moderate, fluffy mouth feel. Enjoyable and delivers plenty of flavour for the abv.

Cask handpull at County Hotel JDW Ashford. Dark brown cola coloured beer lasting tan head. Some malty flavour some chocolate flavour. More of a dark ale than a porter or stout. Quote malty in the mouth. East Kent Goldings bite on the finish. Its tasty enough. A dark English hopped ale. Good nettle finish. OK. Good temperature and good condition