Cask-conditioned at the Herefordshire & Worcestershire beeriodical, the Seven Stars, Bristol March 2013. Chestnut coloured with a moderate, off-white head. Fruity bitter, with a touch of hedgerow hop and moderately butter finish. Ok.

19 Nov 2010: Bottle conditioned, 500ml, poured into an Abbot Ale tankard. The second beer from this brewery I’ve reviewed from the set of four I purchased some months ago. The beer was eager to get out the bottle so some sediment managed to get into my tankard, the body was therefore somewhat cloudy. Mid-amber in colour, misty but not spoilt. On top a huge bubbley head of white foam. A great burst of yeast esters hit the nose, followed by some hop and dry forest floor (nuts and pine cones) smells. The taste is of fresh hops and yeast, malts arriving mid-mouthfeel. The rear label claims "Full bodied with a nutty flavour, a beer from the past". There is a nut undertone if you are given the suggestion and try and find one. Lively and sharp, a pleasant beer from start to finish. This was the 4th English beer in a ’random beer tasting evening’ and went down very well with some ’Cheese with no name’ (a kind of bree/camembert).

500ml bottle. Pours dark amber with a thin head. Aroma is slightly astringent red fruits. Taste is bready, fruity malt. Mid bitter finish. Too little carbonation.

Bright, hazy orange colour with no head. Smells cork, hazelnut, almond, weird. Tastes bitter, toffee. Completely flat beer, no body.

Bottle (thanks Robson for bringing this) @ Joes Tasting shared with Joes and Dutchdrebus. Hazy dark orange, light red color with no head at all. Smell malts, lightly bitter. Taste flat, weak bitterness. No carbo whatsoever. Low body. Bad bottle?

Cask [ gravity ] at EBF 2008, Copenhagen, Denmark. Clear light to medium amber orange color with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, toasted, fruity, light to moderate hoppy, orange. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [140908]

Cask@EBF2008. Golden colour, not much head. Aroma is fruits, some glueish nectar as well as mild herbal notes. Flavour is berries, some wood, mild herbal notes as well as fruit and some earth.

Cask at EBF 2008, on Saturday September 13Clear amber color, no head. Sweet and fruity hoppy scent. Malty sweet taste. Medium mouthfeel, medium bitterness.

Clear golden with tiny off white head. Malty aroma with caramel notes. Flavour likewise with a sweet finish.

From cask. Pours clear and golden orange with a fully gone head. Aroma is mild spiced and malty with a light hoppy note. Smooth and malty flavour with a mild bitterness coming through. More malty than This.