Cask handpull at The Montefiore Arms Ramsgate. Clear chestnut colour lasting beige head. Malty toffee aroma. Very hoppy finish. Lime flavour decent condition. Best bitter with modern hops. Ok.

Cask @ Cask, Manchester. Clear copper-red with a creamy head. Very sessionable with a light malty-sweet taste, and some toffee in its nose.

Handpull cask at the Orange Tree, Baldock. Light to mid-brown with a slightly reddish hue. Clear. Only a hint of off-white head. Chocolate, cedar and stone fruit in the disappointingly muted scent. Bitter taste with a hint of sweetness. Gets more bitter throughout the sip, leaving an astringent dryness in the long finish. Some black cherry in the aftertaste. For a beer with such a fancy name, it is certainly a commonplace recipe. It’s fresh and crisp but otherwise mired in the ’boring brown bitter’ category.