Brown 500ml bottle, best before 16 Mar 2012, drank and reviewed on 17 Aug 2011. Poured into an Abbot Ale tankard. The beer had a slight chill haze to it, most likely my fault for cooling it for too long. The colour was a dirty light amber, an off-white head sitting on top. The smell was of sweet peas and toffee, so a floral molasses type of thing. The taste was initially had a malty sweetness, but once you swill it around in the mouth a bit you can feel the hop bitterness kicking in. It’s OK, I’ll not be rushing out to buy crates of it, but it is the best ’Royal Wedding’ beer that I’ve had (for William and Kate anyway).

Bottle. Light brownish beer with a light head. The aroma is very well hopped, roasted and toffee, and the flavour is quite intensly bitter and roasted with a malty finish. Overall a reasonable strong bitter.

Bottle courtesy of the Acherds in Stevenage. Pours orange amber with a foamy beige head. Aroma is rather fruity plus caramel. Body is more substantial than usual, and the finish seems to be a fruity, malty bitter. I’d say the brewers put in more ingredients than the norm. It’s rather bursting with flavor, and it does the occasion proud.

bottle at home ... amber ... thin white head ... soft toffee malt ... quite metalic ... metallic front ... quite bitter ... musty ... little grassy ... not my things at all

Bottle from Morrisons. Amber colour, thin white head. Aroma is light malted, bit of caramel and fruits. Flavour is caramel malts, some hops and spices. Slightly bitter and dry finish. A bit odd.

50cl bottle from Morrisons. Amber with a small white head and light carbonation; aroma of cherries and summer fruit; but the first taste reveals some sharp, dry, resinous hops, before the fruit and some caramel catch up; there’s a touch of spice and some good hops giving a drawn out finish. An interesting meld of flavours.