500ml bottle @ monthly tasting, Chez Sophie, Sep 18. BBD May 13. A dusty relic from Mike's beer cabinet. Pours a misty amber, off white head. Oxidised caramelised aroma. Oxidised body but drinkable, with a gentle sweetness, grainy malt, tight bitterness. We all finished our sample.

One of the 600 bottles produced: 500ml BBD end of May 2013. Poured into an Abbot Ale glass tankard on 14 Jun 2013,some two weeks later than the brewery recommended. Dull amber body with a full white foaming head. I might have given the beer a chill haze, as I’d had it in the fridge a bit longer than I intended too. Mild malt nose with a herb hop, nutty note. Spritzy and crisp: hop front with a roasted malt middle, the hops reappearing to give a mini-bitter finish. The best of the ’Diamond Jubilee’ special brews that I had: sadly that doesn’t say much because they were a pretty poor bunch on the whole.