Cask from PSBH. From notes. Nose was muted. Taste stonrg rye, orange, lime, grapefruit rind with pronounced bitterness. Sticky mouthfeel. It’s OK but the rye overpowers everything; it lacks grace. Bottle. Nose is is orange, lots and lots of star anise (far more so than I noted in the cask over a year ago), caramel, more orange, spice. Taste leads heavily with the star anise then orange, before a spicy saison notes the rye seems no where to be found. Sticky mouthfeel. I can’t really explain the significant variation to the cask, I suspect a mixture of recipe and format change plus being very warmed up in PSBH. Still a very ordinary beer.

Cask (handpump) @ Craft Beer Co - Clerkenwell, 82 Leather Lane, Farringdon, Greater London, England EC1N 7TR. [ As Blackjack Red Rye Saison ].Unclear medium amber orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, rye, sharp fruit, moderate to heavy hoppy, orange - citrus, pine flowers, mint, ginger. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, sharp, flowers - pine, hibiscus, sharp, rye, ginger. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20140415]

Cask-conditioned at the Seven Stars, Bristol 6/5/2014. Deep, reddish amber with a slight, off-white head. Big, earthy malts, a hint of green herb, jammy citrus fruits and a dryish, heavy finish. Heavy going, but pretty pleasurable.

(Cask at Craft Clerkenwell, London, 12 Apr 2014) Reddish amber colour with foamy, off-white head. Fruity, spicy nose with red berries, citrus, rye bread and slightly spicy yeast. Malty, fruity, spicy taste with notes of orange peel, ginger, spicy yeast and a generous earthy bitterness in the finish. More than medium body, with a certain sweetness. Quite different and fairly spicy, but tasty and really nice.

28th April 2014
Craft Clerkenwell. Cask. Hazy amber beer, small bubbly pale cream colourded head. Palate is smooth with good fine carbonation. Semi dry. Hop spice and floralness kick off. An odd minty marmalade follows. Bubblegum ester underneath. Finishes smooth and dry. Mild bitter linger. Strange beast! 3.1

10th February 2015
Craft near Tottenham Court Road war zone. Keg. Hazy red - amber beer, small cream colour head. Palate is smooth and airy. Mild fine carbonation. Airy malts bring creamy sweetness. A herby floral zing with spicy lemongrass and something else, Jasmine? Mild citric peel fruits and bitterness. Finishes smooth and herbal - floral. Mild citric bitter linger. Interesting and drinkable and better on keg!

Cask at CBC Clerkenwell - London. Pours clear, mostly clear amber-gold with a frothy, off-white foam head. The nose has lots of spicy ginger, nips of grainy rye, bready malts, faint Belgian yeast character. Medium sweet flavor with further gingery twang, some bitter grain husk, orange rind, faint esters. Medium bodied with fine carbonation; pretty good condition. Moderate sticky malt sugars to finish with more spicy rye and ginger, bitter grains and citrus rind, hints of gummy Belgian yeast. Interesting. OK.

Keg @ Friends of Ham, Leeds. Cloudy amber red thick head. Has a high almost medicinal sweet nose and taste.