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Aroma - good English brown beer aroma...bitter bit spicy hops...touch of yeast...dark caramel malts
Taste - caramel malts, fruity hedgerow hops, soft english bitter hops, light roast, dab of yeast, touch of flinty mineral bitterness, good flavour, soft quite complex flavour
Palate - soft carb, medium body. Finish - dryish, soft bitter, hedgrow soft bitter hops. Finish as main flavour, nice soft bitter biscuity wave in the finish, cleans well
Overall - Good premium bitter
Original rating 5/4/7/4/14 8/10/11
Cask @ Wetherspoons, Elgin. Medium dark brown, clear, with thin tight white head, good lacing. Aroma - not much on the nose, some bitter hop. Taste - bitter hops, rich sweet dark malts, caramel malt, fruity, bit of fruit cake, bit of toffee. Palate - light roast with seet malt finish. Silky mouthfeel, moderate carbonation. Overall - Good example of an English bitter.

April 2011. On tap somwhere in Cambridge. Amber color with medium white head. Aroma o roasted malt, some fruits. taste, malty with fruits.Light bitter finish. Drinkable.

Bottle (still the 4.7% ABV one, not the stronger bottle) at 9:ans Ölhall (yes, it’s a new place) Göteborg, on April 29, 2011BB 31 JAN 12Clear brown color, lasting tan head. Nutty, malty, caramel taste. Smooth mouthfeel, medium low bitterness.

On tap at Nags Head Inn, pours dark copper / amber with a beige head. Aroma of light English malt and subtle dried fruits. Flavour is very subtle, with English malts, almonds, fruity notes and spices on the aftertaste. Smooth palate, though underwhelming.

Cask at the Hope Tap (JDW), Reading. Golden brown with a thin cream head that laces the glass nicely; aromas of caramel and malt, but also a trace of overboiled vegetables; thick, creamy, carmal flavour with some toast; and a earthy finish with some sweet roasted nuts. A pleasant ESB.

Cask somewhere in London. Pours a clear, rich garnet with a medium, white head. Mostly malts, bready malts and caramel in the aroma. Flavor is nicely sweet and well balanced, with lightly toasted bread and caramel, followed by some mild, earth and leaf bitterness. Light to medium in body with fine carbonation. Malty finish with some drying hops and hints of ripe fruits. Very nice beer overall.

From cask at White Horse. Pours clear and golden deep amber with a small off white head. Aroma is roasted malty and slight breadish. Bitter, slight metallic and dark roasted malt flavoured. Bitter and hard roasted malt finish. Slight metallic. Ends rather dry.

Cask at the Dartmouth Arms, London NW5 on 19 October 2010. Reddish copper with white lacing head. Hops and spices both in aroma and general in-mouth phase. Rich hop, notes of sage and cheesy yeast. Grassy finish and some sweetness. Light mouthfeel.

Cask at The Nags Head, Belgravia, London. Deep amber pour with a smallish head. Fruity aroma. Tastes quite rich, fruity, sweet, malty. Had this many times on cask and quite like it.

Cask at The Anchor Bankside. A dark amber color with a medium whitish head. Dry amber malt aroma with earthy hops. Very dry, well roasted amber ale. Some dry fruit, intense hops. A long hop finish.