Bottle, Beer Ritz, Leeds. Attractive rich golden amber colour with a a smallish but lingering white head. Fragrant aroma of orange, spice and grassy hop. Full bodied. Softly sweet caramel/toffee with lovely fruit and spice mingling wonderfully in the flavour. Cracking balance. Straight outta the top drawer.

[i] BCA picked up at Goring-On-Thames Londis 14-01-08 and had this at home 20-01-08 [/i] Where do I start, what a great drop this was! Poured a classic amber colour with a nice white bubbly head that quickly legged it when it saw me sticking me conk in there. I agree with both Mes and Hughie very Tripel like in many ways, if this was Belgian I reckon most of it would be shipped across the pond so thank heavens it’s one of our’s and probably not quite as desirable to some seeking the latest Belgian wonder. There was a soft cooked bananeyness (if there is such a word) sort of like when you stick a banana in foil and lob it on the barbie with a small slug of I don’t know Brandy or summat and a bit of unrefined dark sugar atop, that’s what I got anyway. Then a lovely spicy, yeasty quality comes gushing through, the aroma was floral and honey like quite delicate considering the beer. I loved this and hat’s off to Durham for another one out of the top draw.