Cask at The New Oxford, Manchester. A very dark brown beer with a red shine under a thin rim of beige head. The aroma has notes of both sweet and roasted malt as well as light notes of vegetables. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of roasted malt as well as lighter notes of vegetables, and burnt caramel, leading to a dry and lightly roasted finish. The body is light. I had hoped for more.

Cask @ The New Oxford, Salford, Manchester M3. Pours a dark brown color wit a small off-white head. Roasted malty caramel aroma with some bready hints and hints of licorice. Roasted malty caramel flavor. Has a roasted malty caramel finish with a long bitter aftertaste.

Cask (gravity) @ The New Oxford, 11 Bexley Sq, Salford, Manchester England M3 6DB.Clear dark brown color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, meat, smoke, burnt rubber - plastic. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [20090122]

Cask at Bricklayers Arms Yorskhire Festival 09. Decent dark ale. Bit of liquorice. OK, like ruby stone fruit flavours, at least that’s what the notes say.