Bottle. Alcohol and orange caramel malt aroma. Brown-yellow with small head. Sweet orange malt and moderately bitter orange peel flavor. Lighter body than expected for the style.

Bottle at Wallington 2014. It pours clear golden with a medium white head. The nose is soft, fruity, juicy, fresh orange, tangerine, sherbet and straw. The taste is clean, crisp, bitter, sherbet, orange, tangerine, straw, earth, brioche and light alcohol with a dry finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Crisp, clean and very drinkable. Crushable for the abv.

Bottle split at Mother Arch, thanks to Ian, 06/09/14. Hazed orange amber with a well appointed off white covering. Nose is pomegranate, spice, light floral, yeast esters, straw, cotton candy, bitter orange. Taste comprises caramel, straw, yeast esters, bitter orange, spice, faded hops. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok.

Bottle at Kernel with Harry. Thanks to Phil Lowry. Hazy dark amber. Soap hop. Ok hop. Touch of pate. It’s fine. Not hugely interesting

Collaboration brew described as ’Belgian ale / double IPA’, so apparently a deliberate attempt to joint the best of both worlds. Irregular, dirty yellowish, stable head and cloudy orange blonde colour with a haze of floating yeast particles. Powerful aroma of freshly cut orange, tonic water, candied pineapple, candi sugar, ginger, straw, tomato; taste begins with a fresh ’citrusness’ paired with a somewhat strange sweet touch (honey?), crispy and nicely rounded, smooth mouthfeel, strong carbonation even tiring the tongue a bit, leading to a herbal hop bitterness of an aromatic and floral nature, so not too agressive, while the orange-sweetness from the onset also lingers on way deep into the finish. Unfortunately the finish is also dominated by an astringent alcohol burn, practically ruining what would otherwise be a great beer.

23rd July 2014
Hazy amber beer, good pale cream colour head. Palate is airy and a little soft. Mild fine carbonation. Semi dry. Smooth airy malts with a trace of creamy caramel. Mild hop spice. Little floralness. Dry sweetish pine. Airy dry finish. Lacks a bit of cohesion but all right.

Bottle shared. Pours murky golden brown with a white head. Aroma of fruity hops, weeds, grass, nettles, grapefruit and biscuity malt. Flavour is light moderate sweet and moderate bitter. Medium bodied with light carbonation.

33cl bottle courtesy of and shared with Kermis. probably a bit past it’s best Thin creamy white head. Cloudy golden/blond pour. Weedy/grassy IPA. Still pretty decent. Would have been nice to have tried it fresh

Bottle. Pours orange gold white head. Nose and taste of Belgian yeast, orange peel, grapefruit and malt. Touch of bubblegum. Medium body.