Cask (gravity) @ Great British Beer Festival, GBBF 2008, Earls Court, London, England SW5.Clear light to medium orange color with a small to average, virtually none head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, toffee, buttery notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration. Bitternes is malt acrid. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. (070808)

Cask at GBBF08. Hazy dark golden colour. Lagery flavour with a little hop citrus. Starts off bad, but turns better. The citric hops are OK.

Cask@GBBF2008. Golden colour with particles floating around. Aroma is fruity hops and mild grass with some minor eggy notes. Flavour is the same, but with mild spices and sweetness.

Clear golden with tiny white head. Malty aroma with caramel and flowers. Sweet flavor with toasted malt, caramel and floral hops. Ends mild bitter.

A post-climb pint, drunk when I was knackered, aching and gasping for a beer - so it was always going to taste good! Served at room temperature in a very warm pub - the correct (ie cellar/ twelve degrees) temperature would have been nicer. Deep gold colour (fairly pale for a bitter) with a slight but lasting creamy white head. In the mouth the beer feels strangely thick, almost greasy, and yet despite this is startlingly easy to drink - I finished it almost before I knew what I was doing. It’s a little eggy at first, before clearing to reveal some malt, a hint of citrus and just enough bitterness to make it both refreshing and thirst quenching. It’s more like a golden ale than a bitter however, the flavours are fairly weak. In terms of actual flavour, this beer is rather insipid and unmemorable however, it’s so drinkable and refreshing that it would make a great summer session beer I could happily knock back a few of these on a hot day (although preferably served at a slightly cooler temperature!)

Cask-conditioned at the Ship Inn, Porlock Somerset. Pale gold colour with a decent white head. Sweet malt and hay aroma. Flavour of biscuit malt with a dry finish. Ok.

(Cask at Skylark JDW, Croydon, 25 Nov) Golden amber colour with frothy white head. Fruity nose with orange, mandarin and fresh floral hops. Fruity taste with mandarin, orange, apricot and nice, balanced citrussy hops in the finish. Very drinkable.

Cask at County Hotel JDW Ashford. Golden beer with a slightly creamy aroma, good creamy head and both malt and hops. Excellent balance. Did not get all the flavours that Silk did, but a better pint than the one chris_o had. Bit better than the normal golden ales