Half A World Away

Back as part of 25 years of beers. Can. Clear deep red amber with a cm of beige head that's soon a scant coat. Aroma of singed toffee, stewed fruit, strong bread, gentle citrus and spices. So it tastes. Malty & sweet but the citrus, spices and bitterness required to stop it becoming cloying are there in sufficient quantity. Not totally my sort of thing but good.

Bright reddish-brown. Aroma has crystal malt, some fruity-earthy notes. Taste us similar. Light body for a beer this size. Not a bad beer, but certainly not exciting.

On tap at Man in the Moon, September 2013. Dark red with a small head. Aroma and taste of fruit, resin, toffee, malt and some alcohol. Not bad but with a surprisingly light body.

Bottle sampled at Apotekergården, Grimstad. Very good looking, clear, deep ruby red body with a moderate sized off-white head. Among one of the best locking beer I have ever seen. Fine malty aroma with some caramel and fruit. Alcohol is well hidden. Flavor is definitively malt driven, balanced sweet and bitter with some toast and red fruit, but the main focus here is definitively the malt flavor. Fine body with a sweet malty aftertaste as well. Nothing revolutionary going on here, but a nice interpretation of a red ale.