English pale ale from Cornwall, thanks Jeremy ! Loose, off-white, moussy, thinnish head, quickly opening in the middle over an initially clear, warm orange-hued golden beer with lively sparkling ; lightly hazy with sediment. Aroma of bread crust, dried camomile, freshly cut red apple, moist white pepper, banana peel, toasted pinenuts, straw, hints of soap and iron. Cleanish fruity onset, red apple and unripe banana, restrained in sweetness with a light green pear sourishness to it, medium carbonated with minerally side notes, smooth mouthfeel. Clean, pleasantly bread crust-like maltiness with a very light nutty edge, leading to a mildly spicy, floral, leafy hop bitter finish, drying and grassy, quite long. Your typical modern EPA, well-hopped but in the classic noble way without explicit New World ambitions. Clean, to the point, correct and quite delicate, quite typical for this brewery I’d say.

Dose in der BA Lounge in Heathrow. Bernstein, klar, wenig Schaum. Aroma: Fruchtig, Apfel, etwas Pflaume, Südfrüchte. Geschmack: moderat Bitter, Melone, fuchtig.

Bottle at a family weekend. A classic English pale ale with light biscuity malt and plenty of bittering hops. There was lots of flavour in a nice low abv that was perfect as a pre-Sunday lunch pint of beer before the roast chicken and cotes du rhone.

Cask in Porthleven. A classic English bitter with malt and bitter hops and a low ABV. I admit that it’s nothing special, but supped on the quayside as the sun set it was special.

Bottle at home in Hackney - sourced from Ocado. Pours clear gold with a fine, creamy white head. The nose holds a bit of citrus fruits, pale bread, touches of biscuits, lemon rind. Light sweet flavour with more biscuits, hay, tangerine, a little rindy bitterness hints of pine. Light bodied with average carbonation. Clean and balanced in the finish, with more citrus fruits, sun-kissed pale malts, biscuits, some straw, more rind, faint spicy pine. Just an all-around damn drinkable beer.