Cask (handpump) @ Old Bell Hotel, 51 Sadler Gate, Derby, Derbyshire, England DE1 3NQ. [ As Ashover Smoked ].Clear medium brown amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, sweet malt, smoke. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration, caramel, smoked, dark malt, sweet malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20160220]

On tap at Fyne Fest’,, Achadunan, Cairndow, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, Friday 12th June 2015 A pleasant smoked beer, hazy brown in colour with a white rim. Smoke on the nose, which comes across more than it does in the mouth. Easy drinking beer, its fine. A7 A3 T6 P3 Ov13 3.2

Bottle at Craig’s. Pours deep brown, sweet and smoky, light chocolate roast.

Bottle at home... Deep brown... Thin tan head... Soft sweet malts nose... Soft roast... Light smoke... Soft fruit roast

Gravity at Steel City Beer Festival 2013, Sheffield - Dull brown body, little or no head, but forgive that due to gravity. Nose was a gentle wood smoke, a bit like smoked bacon, with a burnt malt in there as well. Taste was insipid, rather uninspiring, and not up to the usual Ashover standard.