Bottle from my brother for Xmas. Clear mid brown colour thin beige head. Malty ale yeast fruit aroma. Malty in the mouth. Some pepper hop finish. Hedgerow fruit and leaves. As a best bitter it's the kind of bitter I love. I love the taste of the malt. I like the hedgerow fruit the pepper hops. I bet this is great on cask. Must seek that out.

500ml bottle kindly gifted to me by my neighbour randomly. Pours a clear but very dark copper brown, barely any head. Aroma of caramel and nutty/biscuity malts. Taste of nutty/biscuity and caramel malts, seems slightly sweet at first but finishes with a pretty strong bitterness. Decent.

An excellent and very much on style classic English bitter. A beer such as this is a thing of beauty and I enjoyed every sip. It was served at the right temperature and was a lovely dark brown colour in the tankard. Lots of malt gave a smooth mouth feel and there was just the right amount of bittering hops. A taste of biscuit, a slight sweetness and a welcome hint of farmyard. Thirst quenching and with the nice low abv it is eminently sessionable.

Bottle from Old Stand, Mullingar [050614]
Reddish caramel brown, clear, slightly off white off head, slight lacing
Aroma of soft toffee malts, soft fruity malt, slight zest hop, got a bit of an odd burnt toffee note initially
Taste of caramel malts, soft toffee, bit earthy, some bitter bit zesty hops, dab of buttery toffee toasted malts, the toffee malts are a bit unusual
Palate - soft carb, light to medium body, fairly bitter. Finish is quite dry, some earthy hops, toasted malts, dab of burnt toffee, fairly bitter linger
Overall - Thought this was a bit odd at first then got adjusted to it...not too bad, fairly average tbh. Prob much better on cask

50cl bottle from Westholme Stores, Goring. Copper coloured, quite lively but with no head; earthy malt aroma; thinly bodied with a caramel malt flavour, rather over pasteurised and reminiscent of a Werther’s Original; the finish has some fruity hops and a gentle bitterness.