Bottle 12fl.oz. @ The Shnoodlepip, London. [ As Saugatuck Third Bear ].Clear medium amber orange colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, caramel, sweet malt, toasted, light bready - hay. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration, sugary, cookies. pale malt, toasted, caramel, sweet malt, light bread - hay. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20160809] 5-3-6-3-11

Pour is a clear brown with a small white head. Aroma is sweet caramel malt with a dash of brown sugar. Flavor is again a sweet malt with a definate toffee. Finish leaves a little sweetness on the tongue. Decent for a brown ale but a little too sweet for me.

Bottle from the dregs run. Pours clear red - brown with a thin off-white head. Aromas of mixed dried fruit, nuts. Taste is fruit cake, toffee. Sweet but clean finish.

Bottle at appellation. Pours clear orange, nose is malty, floral, taste is similar, sweet, caramel.

Bottle thanks to cgarvieuk. Appearance - golden amber with a decent head. Nose - red fruit, biscuits. Taste - more of the same. Light nuts. Palate - light bodied with a creamy yet crunchy texture and a long dry crunchy finish. Overall - solid. Would say it was an amber ale or bitter rather than brown ale.

Bottle at appellation... Copper... Thin tan head... Soft sweet floral fruit.. Juicy fruit.... Soft sweet.. Sweet floral toffee fruit malts

Sampled from bottle @ ChrisO’s after GBBF Day 1. Clear orange color, average sized off-white to beige head. Aroma is quite sweet and floral. Taste malts, sweet, caramel, biscuit malt. Decent body, firm carbonation.

12 fl.oz bottle. Pours clear dark amber colour with a small off-white head. Aroma of dark malt, caramel, some red fruits. Taste of mild roasted malt, nuts, red fruits, mild bitter hops.

12 ounce bottle into pint glass, bottled on 4/9/2016. Pours lightly hazy/cloudy deep orange/copper color with a 1-2 finger fairly dense and fluffy off white head with good retention, that reduces to a thin cap that lingers. Light spotty lacing clings on the glass, with a moderate amount of streaming carbonation retaining the cap. Aromas of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, toasted biscuit, nuttiness, herbal, floral, pepper, light plum/apple, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Nice and pleasant aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/bready malt, earthy hops, and light fruity yeast notes; with solid strength. Taste of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, toasted biscuit, nuttiness, light roast, herbal, floral, pepper, light plum/apple, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Moderate herbal/spicy bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, toasted biscuit, nuttiness, herbal, floral, pepper, and yeast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a good bit. Very nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt, earthy hops, and light fruity yeast flavors; with a great malt/bitterness balance, and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light-moderate dryness from bitterness, lightly increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and body; with a very smooth and moderately creamy/bready/sticky balanced mouthfeel that is nice. Zer warming alcohol as expected of 5.5%. Overall this is a very nice English brown/ESB hybrid style. All around nice complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/bready malt, earthy hops, and light fruity yeast flavors; very smooth and easy to drink. A very enjoyable offering.