Bottle Aldi. Not seen it stocked for a few years now. Light tastings slightly hoppy ale in a identifiable Batemans style.

Bottle at home ... WIth home made Steamed Buns ... mmmm... which is more than id really say about the beer... It was decent pairing as it was quite clean with the spiced pork filling ... copper light bubbly white head ... sweet toffee malt ... light sweet slight metalic fruity hop ... clean and simple with a little bitterness.

Bottle from Aldi, Aylesbury, Bucks, consumed 13-01-09 Pours mid amber with a white head and some busy carbonation. There is some initial sweetness which is balanced reasonably well with an underlying bitterness. I also get a slight creamy vanilla thing going on and there is definately some banana and toffee which I only notice three quarters of the way through this. Its quite fruity in general and a bit tangy there could even be a hint of orange. In fact as this Aldi/Batemans range goes this isn’t to bad and has a wider range of flavours than the other two I’ve tried. A6 A4 F6 P3 OV12

50 cl bottle. Amber with a thick and firm head; musty hop aroma; soapy and chewy in the mouth, this beer seems that it is about to deliver lots of flavour, and then doesn’t, just more musty cardboard; there’s a good shot of btterness towards the finish, but it’s also stickly sweet. Certainly not an IPA, but it’s hard to say what it’s actually trying to be.