Bottle at the brewery, nose is huge funk, floral, oak, grape, hint of citrus, taste is bretty, toffee, vanilla, fruity, chewy.

Bottle at Drygate. Pours hazy golden with a thin white head. Aromas of light spice and honey. Apricot and funky taste. Dry finish.

Keg at Drygate. It pours clear rich blonde with a medium fluffy white head. The aroma is oily, fatty, unctuous, vinous, sweet white wine, honeyed cereal, honeycake, tangy citrus, lemon - lime, kiwi fruit, ripe melon, farmhouse loaf, rivita, nuttiness and spice. The taste is slick, tangy, juicy, sweet - sour, lemon - lime, pithy, zesty, warming boozy heat, sweet white wine, gooseberry, sherbet, melon, kiwi fruit, tannin, oak spice, hay, straw, deep funk, hay, barnyard, touch of leather and toasted nuts. Medium body, fine prickly carbonation and slick mouth feel. Great depth, complex and quaffable. One of Drygate's best.