2nd December 2014
Pigs Ear. Cask. Hazy gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Palate is light and semi dry with a fine crispness. Nice light clean malts, little sweetness. Floral hops with good pithy orange and grapefruit. Trace of piney resin. Light finish and citric peel bitter linger. Nice.

Gravity cask at the ever warm and steamy Beer Rebellion Gipsy Hill - London. Pours clear gold with a bubbly white head. The nose holds grass and leaves. Light sweet flavor with heavy minerals, grass, dried grains. Lgith to medium bodied with soft carbonation; almost no condition here. Light sweet flavor with gooey hops, abrasive grassy bitterness, light astringency. Not excellent. I fear the Beer Rebellion treatment has left this beer in poor form.

Cask handpump at the White Hart brewpub. Clear golden coloured pour with a loose white head. Aroma is resin, varnish, orange peel hops. Some hop leaf on the nose as well. Flavour is big piney hop resin, orange peel, grapefruit bitterness. Some light cara malt, biscuit. Bitterness is very firm and sticks at the back of the throat. Packs a pretty big punch, but is slightly harsh. Palate is semi sticky, lower carbonation than I would like. Good beer.

Cask at the Cock Tavern, Hackerynee, 09/10/14. Clear golden with a decent egg shell white covering. Nose is juicy citric, mineral tones, toasted malt, tangerine, light bread dough. Taste comprises orange pith, chalky minerals, hint of mango, grapefruit, light pine. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close with earthy hop bitterness. Decent enough cask SIPA.

Cask gravity @Beer Rebellion, GH. It pours clear amber with minimal head. The nose is oily, peach, apricot, must, barnyard and wood. The taste is bitter, resinous, hop astringency, oiliness, raw bitterness, apricot, peach, almost burnt aspect and some acidity with a dry finish. Medium body and low carbonation. Far from refined. Pretty raw.