500ml bottle. Dark brown ruby colour, foam beige head and aroma of toffee, chocolate & raisins. Taste is sweetish malty with biscuit, toffee, chocolate, dark fruits and coffeeish light bitterness. Smooth, medium bodied, soft carbonation, roasted earthy finish. Quite drinkable.

Cask at GBBF 2013. Ruby brown in colour, with a decent off white head. Chocolate, caramel, malt and raisin aroma. Good body, minimal carbonation. This is a rich and warming mild.

chestnut color. Lots of toffee chocolate and treacles in the nose. The mouth shows toffee, a touch of nutiness and chocolate note with dark fruit. Light malty. Enjoyable

Medium creamy beige lasting head. Clear deep dark barely translucent brown body. Faint dusty caramelly aroma with wooden notes. Sweet fruity caramelly taste with dusty floral notes. Mid-bodied. Mild, flat, smooth mouthfeel. Dryish roasty caramelly aftertaste with dusty wooden notes. Subtle and highly drinkable. (0.284l cask, The Blue Bell, York.)

Cask. Frothy white good mostly lasting head. Red amber colour. Moderate malty and light hoppy aroma. moderate bitter flavor. Caramellic. Average moderate bitter finish. oily palate.

Cask at JDW Charlie Hall; clear chestnut pour with off white head, sweet malt aroma, sweet caramel taste with a biscuity malt. Normally get 2 scoops in the Hall only 1 today boooooooo!

Very dark red ruby in colour, no head. Not much aroma, just a slight sweetness, but its more sweet in taste with the smallest of roasted malts too.

Bottle from Tomlinson’s, Inverness 091212
Ruby brown, clear, off white big frothy head, some lacing
Aroma - Dark caramel malts, dark fruity malts, soft aroma
Taste - Dark caramel malts, soft toffee malts, touch of toasted malts, some bready malts, touch of bitter earthy hops in the background, slight hint of port
Palate - soft carb, medium body, smooth texture. Finish as main flavour, smooth, some lingering mellow toasted dark malts
Overall - Good flavoured mild - I do like this 3.5 to 3.6

Cask @ Haymarket, Edinburgh 181012 7/4/7/3/14
Dark ruby brown, thin off white head, some lacing
Aroma - dark caramel, touch of chocolate, soft dark toffee malts
Taste as aroma, slight touch of port in there as well, fruity malts
Palate - soft carb, thin to medium body. Finish has soft bitter roast with some bitter chocolate and soft dark toffee, bit thin on the finish
Overall - Tasty mild ale

On tap @ the Haymarket Bar, Pours opaque black with ruby tints and a nice head. The nose is of liquorice and smoke. The taste is more of the same. The palate is medium bodied and textured with an elegant clean finish. Overall, great.