500ml bottle from Beers of Europe. Pours clear amber, thick, long-lasting white head. Aromas are light, but there is a noticeable blackcurrant note, light spice. Taste is thin, light sweet. OK, but not their best.

500ml Bottle conditioned: BBD Jun 2014, poured at home on 30th Apr 2014. Pours a clear light amber/light brown with a huge white head. Initially I thought ’home brew’ from the aroma and first sip: it grew on me although there was a yeast presence throughout which I and the beer didn’t need. Semi-sweet, semi-sour and semi-dry, so a changing profile in my eyes. I like this breweries beers usually, this didn’t fare so well though: I’ll be trying more of their brews whenever I can even if this let them down a little.

26th April 2014
Very light haze on this amber beer, small pale cream coloured head. Palate is smooth and softish. Fine carbonation. Smooth malt, touch of light cream. Mild and unsweet caramel. Orangey dried fruits before a smooth finish. Mellow and drinkable. Mellow bitters seems to be an 8 Sail thing.

Cask (gravity) @ The 18th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2012, Reading, Berkshire England.Clear medium amber colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white - silver head. Aroma is moderate malty, dusty, caramel, toasted, light to moderate hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120505]

Cask@Reading Beer Festival 2012. Amber colour, small white head. Aroma is fruity, wooden, floral and mildly malty. Flavour is fruity, floral, nectary and some mild spicy notes.