Gravity cask at the brewery taproom - London. Pours clear orange with a wimpy, pale froth head. The nose has heavy plastic and soap with accents of grainy malts. Medium sweet flavor, moderately boozy, highly astringent, with more abrasive plastic, overly bitter grass, strong fusel alcohol character, whispers of citrus. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Fairly warming on the finish with more bothersome astringency, tea bag, grass, plastic, raw grains. Very difficult to drink.

Gravity dispense at the brewery during my 40th bash, 11/10/14. Clear golden with little in the way of a head. Nose is bready, vanilla, straw, light soap. Taste comprises plastic, straw, soapy twang, lemon rind, light spice, diacetyl strains, green and raw. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, semi drying close with astringent bitterings. Pretty pap stuff, like it isn’t ready yet or some shit !?

Cask gravity at the brewery. Aroma is hot solvent, plastic, grainy. Flavour is sweet, candy caramel, solvent, plastic, harsh bitterness. Clearish golden orange with no head. Palate is semi sweet, lowish carbonation. Pretty bad. Bit of staling, oxidisation.

Cask gravity at the brewery. It pours clear golden with minimal head. The nose is earthy, resin, wood, astringency, straw, hay, barnyard and glue. The taste is raw bitterness, punchy, booze, resin, wood, solvent/glue action, oily, hay, earth and plastic. Medium body, low carbonation and oily mouth-feel. Pretty rough stuff. Odd glue thing going on. Jeebus.