Gravity cask at Townhouse Beer Festival 2015, Ely. Dark brown, translucent, a fair bit of lacing. Hay, green apples, pine and milk chocolate aroma. Bitter hoppy taste, growing ever more bitter to the uncompromisingly dry finish. A well-made beer, as is the case with almost all of TBM’s products.

(Cask at Craft Beer Co Covent Garden, London, 22 Apr 2015) Dark brown colour with foamy, beige head. Malty, hoppy nose with dark bread, coffee, pine needles and liquorice. Malty, roasted taste with notes of coffee, dark rye bread, pine needles and a generous piney bitterness. Medium body, with a touch of sweetness. Tasty and well made black IPA with a solid piney bitterness. Nice one.

Cask at CBC Holborn, 20/04/15. Brown with ruby hues and topped with a moderate beige covering. Nose is sweet red berries, toffee, biscuit malt, light hops. Taste comprises earthy hops, light pine, caramel malt, sweet tunes, light perfume. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with an earthy hop wash. Ok, just ticks the style boxes.

13th April 2015
Craft near Tottenham Court Road war zone. Cask. Almost clear deep red- amber beer, small pale cream colour head. Palate is smooth and light, mild fine carbonation. Modest caramel - toffee malts with a little creamy sweetness. Good marmalade hops with floral orange and mild red berry fruits. Mildly spicy pine. Light semi dry finish. Tasty and drinkable. But a CDA? Mmmm!