Cask tasted at Lamb & Flag, London on 19 May. Amber color, small foamy off-white head, doughy aroma, hoppy-bitter taste, low carbonation, long finish. A good bitter.

Sept 2009: This beer was on cask at my overnight accommodation this week, really glad I choose to stay at ’The Lamb Inn’, Iron Acton. Poured a lovely deep, dark amber, clear, wholesome and smooth looking. One of the whitest of white heads I’ve ever seen on a bitter, it was only thin, but it stayed and left some lacing as the beer level sank. I had three pints and loved each one, the hops and barley aroma was slightly sulphurus but not off-putting in any way, it just added to the bitterness that came towards the finish of each mouthful. It is a true flavoursome English Bitter and was the only beer the brewery produced for its first 18 years, they now do three others. Very moorish, which is why I had three of these and didn’t get to try the others, which were also on offer, along with Bass and Courage Bitter (all on cask!).

[500ml bottle that Dad shared with me - cheers!] Amber with a moderate off-white head and a light fizz. Dry from the off. Malt dominates from the start, with a little pithy citrus and a hint of roasted coffee in the background. Nice enough bitter, albeit maybe a little on the dry side for my liking. c6

From cask. Pours clear and golden yellow with a small off-white to tan head. Aroma is mild fruity and light malty to caramelish. Bitter, dark malty and slight roasted caramelish. Bitter and dry malty finish.

Cask. An amber beer with a lazing orangey head. The aroma has notes of caramel and malt as well as a light note of nuts. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and caramel, as well as lighter notes of nuts and flowery hops, leading to a bitter finish.

Bottle from Sainsburys. Amber coloured with a slight, off-white head and bit of carbonation. Bready malt aroma with some hedgerow fruit and dusty hops. Slightly sweet, cereal malts with a touch more fruit and lingering bitter finish. A good bottled bitter.

50cl bottle from Sainsburys. Pours amber with a loose cream head; straightforward hoppy aroma with just a touch of farmyard; rich, chewy caramel malts, with some fresh, nettley hops and a dry finish. Very drinkable.

500ml bottle. Pours dark amber with a medium head. Aroma is bready malt and peppery hops. Some caramel to start and the bread and peppery hops are in the finish. Good beer but I reckon it would be much better on cask.

Cask at GBBF2007 (or some pub outside the festivaltime), found when going through old ratingnotebooks. Amber colour, with small off-white creamy head, that lasts for a while. Aroma is wood, mildly fruity along with some bready malts. Flavour is quite much the same, but the wooden bitterness is a bit stronger. Semi-dry finish.