Bottle. Startled this isn't scored. Nose is citrus, biscute, malt, fruity. Taste is malty, , grain, slight marmalade, citrus, floral. Fine.

Bottle that the owner of our holiday cottage left for us - cheers! Amber with a white head and a middling fizz. Nice and malty with some floral notes, a touch of lemon and a mild flinty bitterness. Your average bitter, but well executed. Oddly, better in bottle form than I remember it being on cask.

500ml Bottle - Dark amber with a white head. Biscuity and moderately fruity aroma with notes of dried apricot, sultanas and marmalade. Nicely balanced taste with citrus, peach, dried apricot, sultanas and biscuity malt.

Pours a clear orange amber colour with a small tight foamy off white head. Aroma is toasted malt, caramel, a little fruit and spicy hops. A toasty malt taste, not too sweet, some caramel, citrus fruit and spicy flavours. A decent hop bitterness to finish.

Bottle at the inlaws, thanks to Roger, not had this for few years 28/04/18. Clear golden copper with a well presented lasting off white head. Nose is caramel, airy malts, light orange peel, mellow dark fruits, raisins. Taste comprises biscuit malt, caramel, orange peel, toasted grains, light breads, toffee. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close with balanced bitterness. Solid golden bitter.

Bottle. Backlog rating from bottle collection and historic scoring. Source not recorded. No tasting notes kept, just rating.

Blind tasting with Dr. beer. Pours clear, lighter amber. SRM Around 10, Carrot colored. No real head. Smell is onion, bit herbal. Mild creamy, Toasty grains. Taste is full, doughy, bit caramel. Very bready as well. Moderate bitterness. Nice bready, toasty aroma in the finish.

Poured into an English pint glass, the appearance was a burnt orange/copper color with a finger’s worth of white foamy head that slid off fairly quick. Stringy soapy lace.
The aroma had some estery sweet floral hops over top of buttered biscuits, somewhat cracker-like/touch of herbal.
The flavor was moderately sweet pulling the malts in front to even the keel of the overall taste surrounding the hops. Aftertaste was quaint, somewhat malty, buttery and soapy. Finish was quick and malty.
The palate was between light and medium bodied with a fair sessionability about it. Carbonation felt low but expected. ABV felt good.
Overall, pretty good bitter with the diacetyl controlled enough to not be distracting. Probably be a good one for Americans to give a shit before delving into the world of Bitters.

500ml bottle. Pours a clear amber-orange with a medium, frothy, long lasting, off-white head that leaves curtains of lace. Aroma of toasted malt, caramel and orange. Sweet flavour of oranges and caramel malt with a bitter grass finish. Light to medium body with an oily texture and soft carbonation. Not bad.

2016 catch up - A very good bitter. Good bitter hops and a biscuity flavour from the malts make for a very drinkable beer. A classic of the type as far as I am concerned.