Cask, gravity dispense at Merton Summer Beer Festival July 18th and 19th 2008 This was always going to be one of the stars of the show, Dark Star rarely ever let you down and a betting man would have probably had pre beer fest odds of this being either favourite or in the top 2-3 beers. It never won beer of the festival, that particular accolade went to the equally excellent Marble JP Best but nonetheless it was loved by all who tried it, I can’t recall anyone commenting that they didn’t like this or that it was just ok, anyway enough of the rambling on with the rating. This beer poured golden and of all the beers looked the best, simply stunning in appearance a lovely perfect white head sat proudly on a crystal clear golden body. There was a nice but subtle lemonyness going on here and knowing about the elderflowers I tried to detect them, they were there but only just. The taste reminded me of the way your senses are aroused as you wander through a wood on a summer morning following a small rain shower, it was quite lovely., delicate, fresh, clean, floral, crisp, just wonderful. The elderflowers came through in the mouth more than the aroma (IMHO) but this was just summer in a glass, excellent and difficult to top, but topped it was in my opinion by two other even better beers.