[Cask at the Bootlegger, High Wycombe] Russet with a moderate off-white head. Big, rich fruit and toffee flavour, little bitterness, slips down as smooth as you like. Loved it. Is this the perfect after-work pint?

Cask, gravity dispense at Merton Summer Beer Festival July 18th and 19th 2008 Another very good beer from a very decent brewery and one that was amazingly flavoursome despite the low abv. This beer was named ’Max’ after the unborn child of very good friends of the brewers sadly the unborn baby died six months into the pregnancy, which seems so awfullly sad. The beer itself was as it states copper in colour and with a nice bubbly white head. Good light bitterness and an impressive use of the Cluster hop which I gather is pretty much looked down upon usually. Some lingering lightly tangy fruit and a dryness at the end ensures that this beer has plenty going on for its strength.