bottle at home ... copper ... bubbly white head ... soft cheesy nose ... light lemon zezty ... again hint of cheese ... light zezty hop ... cheesey but nice

Bottle 275ml. @ home.[ Trade by Fin ]. [ Bottle 5/30 ]. Clear light to medium amber colour with a large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, wood, pale tobacco, moderate to heavy hoppy, dry grass, resin, light lacquer - paint. Initial flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter, malty, caramel, finish flavor is moderate sweet and heavy bitter with a long duration, woody, dry, almost harsh bitter, resin. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20111018]

Bottle very kindly passed on by Nigel (Hopshackle brewer) Many thanks Nigel, shared with friends at Merton Summer Beer Festival July 17th 2010 The third of the four and I think the general consensus was that this may well be the best, I’m sure that most people said that they liked No:3 best. I’m amazed that I can even taste this following the tongue stripping hop monster that I’ve just had (namely No:2) Pours hazy amber with a good white foamy head. This has some nice streaky hops, there is a good pithiness, and its very soft in the mouth despite the hoppy tangs. Some perfumey flavour’s are the only oddity with this that I’m not too sure about, otherwise quite lovely. A7 A4 T8 P4 Ov16 3.9