Keg @ Mold Alehouse. Pours dark, thin tan head. Curious aroma with some sweet liquorice, cola, roast. Taste similarly presents a complex, intriguing character with burnt rubber, cola, brown sugar, sweet liquorice, salted caramel and roast vying for your attention. Lots going on and though I tried to like it, it's perhaps not for me.

Cask @ The Grove, Huddersfield. Dark reddish-brown with an extremely thin head. Crisp and smooth tasting, with some chocolate in its light roasted malt character.

Gravity cask at the Garibaldi Hotel, Northampton. Extremely brown, almost black with tiniest bit of head. Coffee, blackberries, charcoal, not so much of the promised salted caramel but still lush aroma. Sweet taste with some unexpected floral hop and, yes, a nice gooey caramel flavour. Some roasted malt in the bittersweet aftertaste. Medium silky body. One of those beers that improves with each sip. Nice.