8

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can at home. Deep down slight reddish, with a massive pale tan head. Aroma and taste are malty, earthy and growing bitter. Some toffee and resin. Full rich body.

7.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

440ml can. Pours a very dark brown, hazy and with lots of sediment in suspension, big frothy beige head. Aroma of toffee, caramel, pine. Taste of toffee, caramel, pine, citrus peel, biscuity malts, little earthy, a very strong bitterness that lingers. Medium bodied. Excellent.

8.2

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can at home, from HOTM online, 25/12/24. Ho Fucken Ho etc. Very deep reddish amber topped with a big ole lasting beige head ... looks the bollocks! Nose is caramel, candied fruit rinds, dusty hops, toasted sugars, fruit cake mix, blood orange. Taste comprises caramel, dried fruit rinds, candied orange peel, sugars, fruit slice, dusty hop bite, pine needle. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light drying close dashed with earthy come leafy hop bitterness. From the top drawer of this style!

8

Malty and hoppy? Bitter and dry? Sign me up!

8.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9.5

Can at home, 20th December 24. Pours a deep red brown. Aroma is toffee, malts, spice, citrus pith. Taste is bitter, caramel and pine, aromatic and delicious. Long and bitter pithy linger. Excellent

7

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can. Pours dark red. Toffee, caramelized orange peel, biscuit, little earthy. Medium body. Good.

7

On tap at St Mars of the Desert - deep russet body thick white lacing head. Sharp citrus tang, thick malty bite, long bitter finish. One to savour.

8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

Cans from The Beerhive. Hazy brown body with a beige head. Steady carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of toffee, dried leaves and pine. Flavour of peach, toffee and caramel. Medium body with a smooth mouthfeel. Soft fizz. Malty and bitter.

8.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Silver bullet, courtesy of Martha. Cheers! Pours a pretty murky very deep copper brown. Swede is a thick foamy and fully lasting off white delight. Body is grim, head is banging. Anyhoo. Nose has spicy rye like malts. Some cracknel toffee. Hops are super piny juicy and spicy. Charred pineapple. Sweet hedgerow fruit. Taste has sticky sweetness before a big piny fruity herbal bitter hit. Loads of body throughout. Very bitter finish lasts an age. Great example of the style.