Keg at the W&E brewery tap room, 30/04/16. Golden amber with a lasting egg shell white head. Nose is coffee grinds, caramel malt, toffee, syrup and figs. Taste comprises caramel goo, sweet malt, candyfloss, light roast, espresso notes, dolce leche. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, good balance of sweetness and roast in the close. Solid white stout.... fulfils the caramel and coffee very well. I couldn’t drink too much of this one as it is a little on the sweet side but well executed.

Cask at the Fox & Hounds, Caversham. A brilliant reddish copper pour with a tight cream head; vanilla aroma; sweet vanilla and caramel taste to start, then some dry espresso coffee undertones; and a dry finish that doesn’t really carry through. A slight disappointment.

6.4% Cask gravity at London Drinker BF 2016. Clear orange amber colour lasting off white head. Coffee aroma. Sone caramel some sweetness. Does it work? Good condition . It’s like a sweetish coffee. Interesting experiment that almost works.