Cask (gravity) @ Smithfield Hotel, 37 Swan St, Manchester, Greater Manchester England M4 5JZ.Clear medium yellow orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, overripped apple, earth, chlorine notes, light hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to light moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is medium to light, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat to soft. [20100122]

[Cask at the Monk’s Retreat, Reading] Deep gold; slight white head. A quite harsh mouth-wrinkling dusty hop bitterness obscures rather than compliments the sweet lemon and vanilla behind. Nevertheless this is tastier than many (especially considering the low ABV), and a good early showing from a new brewery..

Cask at the Hope Tap (JDW), Reading. Hazy golden amber in colour with a dense cream head that laced the glass nicely; aroma of citrus and sweet grain; light lemony citrus flavour with a sweet grain body; and a clean dry bitter finish. A refreshing golden ale.

Cask-conditioned at the Wenlock Arms, London 11/02/10. Golden coloured with a slight white head. Dominated upfront by buttery malts, followed by some apricot sweetness and a contrasting bitterness in the finish. Not for me.