Keg at the brewery taproom. Pours mostly clear amber-gold with a creamy, off-white head. Light sweet flavour with notes of toasted malts, leaves, light ripening orange, earth, dried caramel. Light bodied with massaging carbonation. Finishes with notes of candied citrus, bitter earth and leaves, more toasted malts. Great stuff.

Cask at Kernel Taproom, 5th May 23. Pours a chestnut brown. Aroma of malts and caramel. Taste is bitter, refreshing and smooth, nice

ESB (extra special bitter, the ‘upgraded’ and stronger version of classic English bitter as heralded by Fullers since 1971) by one of England’s leading non-traditional breweries – see what this gives… At Tilquin English Beer Festival. Medium thick, off-white, membrane-like lacing, slowly opening head, hazy deep amberish orange robe with peachy tinge – actually looking rather pale for an ESB. Aroma of wet toast, Graham crackers, mugwort, dried grapefruit peel, bread crust, dried garden weeds, unsalted peanuts, toasted bell pepper. Subduedly sweetish and fruity onset, quite clean with notes of dried peach and orange pith, medium carbonated with minerally effects; supple toasty-bitterish and rusk-like malt profile, bread-crusty, further bittered by a long, earthy, wormwood-leafy, herbal and floral hop bitterness, very Old World for sure, but also very powerful, perhaps even more bitter than is custom for, well, a bitter. Characterful and packed with flavour – it should not surprise anyone that one of the most consistently good postmodern breweries in the heart of Britain’s capital is perfectly capable of constructing a solid ESB next to all those APAs and American style IPAs.

Bottle. Pours dark, hazed amber. Medium sized creamy white head, very stable. Scent is caramelly malts, medium intense, creamy. Taste is quite bitter, way more so than current beers in the 'bitter' style. Caramelly malts in beautifull balance. Bready, refreshing and easy to drink yet so full of taste. Quite harsh (in a good way), green , herbal hoppy finish. Creamy mouthfeel, especially for being only 5.5 ABV. Man, I wish bitters like this would be more available in Belgium !

Draft @ La Tana.
Couleru pâle orange, col crémeux blanc-cassé bien tenace.
Arôme sur un léger bouquet grains bien plaisant, grains concassés, léger houblonné fruité avec une pointe d'agrumes - garde ce caractère très anglais très plaisant.
Palais est onctueux avec une fine amertume en bouche, le tout sur une petite note de poivre bnalc concassé, finement herbacé - grains concassés, délicat fleuri, feuille de thé vert avec une petite note de toasté qui revient en retrait.

29/IV/23 - on tap @ Tilquin English Beer Fest, BB: n/a (2023-362) Thanks to all for sharing today’s beers!

Clear orange beer, small creamy off-white head, stable, a bit adhesive. Aroma: very malty, grains, hay, barnyard, a bit dry dusty impression. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: lots of raw grains, a little sweet, fruity touch, hoppy, a bit grassy, ok. Aftertaste: malty, grains, hoppy, bitter, a bit sweet, decent stuff!

Bottle at home, picked up at Mother Arch ii, 28/04/23. Murky orange amber with a good sized lasting egg shell white head. Nose is earthy fruits, brown bread, biscuit, grains, twigs. Taste comprises biscuit malts, toffee, fruit cake, herb, straw, grains, dates. Medium bodied, soft massaging carbonation, light drying close. Solid bitter.