Cask at Moon under Water, Wigan. Pours golden brown with a sizable foamy off-white head and good lacing. There’s floral hops in the aroma plus some hints of autumn fruits. In the mouth it is definitely sweet at the start, but soon some bitterness can be detected which gradually increases. Underlying sharp hints as well. Flavour has malts, caramel and toast to start, with floral hops becoming evident later alongside hints of dried fruit and spice. Bitterness lasts into the slightly dry finish. This is decent.

Half-pint, shared with Finn. Good looking in the glass with its mahogany coloured body, remaining off-white head and spotty lacing. Caramel malty aromas, hints of ripe fruits. Almond and caramel malts to the taste profile offset by ripe fruits. Malt-fruity ending , bittersweet. Pleasing. (Liverpool, 12.02.2025).

Delt med Rune. Mørk stråfarget. Klar. Lavt tett skum. Spotlacing. Karamellaroma. Smaken floral. Litt malt i avslutninga.

Cask at The Wellington, Birmingham. Poured a crystal clear copper colour with a lasting bubbly white head. The aroma is malt, light yeast. The flavour is moderate bitter, with a smooth, light caramel malt, yeasty, light woody hop bitter palate. Medium to light bodied with soft carbonation.

Sweet, caramel, malty, some old citrus, jammy

Handpull cask at the Vernon Arms, Liverpool. Golden brown. Clear with a tight off-white head. Aroma of raisins, caramel, browned toast. Sweet, fruity taste, very malt-led. More bitterness in the finish, with Garibaldi biscuit in the aftertaste. A passable stronger bitter.

Cask @ Fox & Goose, Hebden Bridge. Amber with a small head and a slightly sweet aroma. Has a gentle bitterness.

Served on cask at the Sussex Arms, Twickenham Green into an English half pint jug (Jan ’12). A little background, this beer was brewed as a tribute to the great English actor Pete Postlethwaite, who died in January 2011 born in Warrington home of the Coach House brewery. Poured to a mid golden/amber colour with a small white head that held up fairly well through drinking. A floral, hoppy, grassy aroma attacks the nose - good all round sense attack! Quite a dry and hoppy beer, less flowery in taste than aroma but still a little floral flavour in there. Also a sweet and light malted flavour. Mouthfeel is adequate, not full bodied, not thin - just right, dry and bitter in the aftertaste, perhaps more than the floral/hop aroma and taste would suggest. Overall - a decent tribute to a favourite actor of mine!

Cask @ 3 Judges. Clear golden colour, white head. Aroma is slightly hoppy, and slightly malty. Very subtle, but at the same time not watery. Hints of glue. Very sessionable.

Cask@Oliver Twist. Reddish-copper brown, good off-white head. Sweetish flowery hoppy nose. A bit strange hop profile, woody-grassy, a bit out of balance. Long hoppy aftertaste. Extra point to Pete Postlethwaite, cool actor!