The original collaboration between traditionalist Mount St. Bernard (England's very own trappist brewery) and postmodern Round Corner (a local craft brewery) - a bitter, apparently brewed in the trappist monastery with the help of Round Corner; later this relationship would be turned around in the form of Réunion (an atypically spiced witbier). Egg-white, moussey, stable but breaking head, initially clear orange amber robe, turning misty and a bit more copper-brown-tinged with sediment. Aroma of drying tree leaves, Graham crackers, some light but not unpleasant oxidation already setting in, unsalted peanuts, spring water, dry straw, raw spinach, petrichor, rusk. Restrainedly sweetish onset, dried persimmon and unripe peach notes, hint of apple peel, medium carb; very malty profile, rusk- and dry biscuit-like, crackers and peanuts even, under a 'dark green' hoppiness - that odd raw spinach-like flavour again (almost iron-like), but also beech leaves and dandelions, bittering in a way that balances out neatly with the toasty side of the malts. Very English in that sense and quite to the point for a 'special' (in more than one sense) bitter.

Bottle with Grumbo. Aroma of nuts, potato peel, butterscotch, bready, pudding, tea and sweet malts.Very smooth andntew taste coming through. Nice

330ml bottle bought from the Offie, Leicester and drunk at home. Light golden brown, clear with a loose ring of off-white head. Bready, yeasty aroma, butterscotch, candy sugar, orange peel. I wish it was more pronounced but what is there, is lovely. Bittersweet taste, nicely judged with caramel and sarsaparilla notes turning to orange bitters and strong tea. Body is thin but it works on this beer. Low carbonation. A revelation.