Bottle from Bay Hop, Colwyn Bay. Aroma has sweet berries, spice. Then dulls with a nutty element. Clear amber. Foamy frothy off-white head. Initial sour berries with a light spicy periphery. Underlying caramel and trad ale veg soup. Gains spice as I drink more. Light-medium bodied. Thin to slick. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Pretty bland Amber Ale. Some spice but watery and vege.

500ml bottle from Spar, Llanwrst. Pours indeed a generally clear chestnut brown with a suitably off-white crown atop. Aroma is nutty, malty before the initial sip builds with some twiggy shades. Maltloaf linger that reveals itself further throughout. Pleasant brown ale, balanced bitterness, reliant mostly on the amber / brown ale malt. Lovely.