Handpull cask at the Kings Head, Leicester. Blonde, clear with a bit of a scummy white head. Light on aroma, but there's a bit of dried grass, some hay, a touch of citrus and possibly gooseberry. Bittersweet taste with nitablebitter hop in the finish. A lovely zesty flavour but possibly marred by slight off-notes such as butter and soap. Soft carbonation. Has some personality but a bit kf a hard sell.

Sample from a bottle at Blacker Hall Farm shop, near Wakefield. Re-badged as Ploughman’s Gold, for the farm shop. Clear, straw colour. Froth of white head. Very grainy, sweet malts on the nose. Some grassy hop. Taste is lemon juice bitter. Feels a little thin and slick. Grassy finish. Not for me.

Cask @ Old Post Office, Halifax. Golden with a creamy head. Has a light easy drinking texture with a few hops evident. There’s a berry sweetness in its nose.

15th July 2014
Chelmsford Summer Beer Fest. Cask. Lightly hazy gold beer, a few lonely white bubbles not making a head. Light palate, semi dry, Mild fine carbonation. Very light malt. Hops are mild lemon marmalade and orange peel bitterness. LIght semi dry bitterness. Light semi dry finish. Not bad at all and a bonus of a pumpclip guaranteed to offend the politically correct!