500 ml Brown bottle, best before Oct 11. Finally got round to opening this bottle conditioned bitter when on holiday down on the Suffolk coast (July 2011). It had sat for 5 hours in the caravan fridge (after a long car journey) but the beer still gushed out of the bottle, bringing bits of sediment with it, very lively indeed. The body was a light amber clour, slightly cloudy because of the excitment of the beer to hit my glass. A huge off-white head sat on top of the brew and loads of bubbles could be seen rising through the body (no sediment on view, but it did give the beer a haze). Small hop aroma, with a touch of malt, otherwise no smell. The beer was a gentle blend of hops and malts, nothing outstanding, but agreeable enough. A little thin in body strenght, but it is only 3.7% ABV, so that’s allowed. Overall, just an average English Bitter.

500ml bottle. Pours a slightly hazy orange with a thin head. Aroma is soapy and earthy, a little citrus. Taste is bready, bit of lemon. Earthy finish. Full in the mouth for the strength, but a lack of carbonation.

Bottle. Cloudy copper coloured beer with a bitter aroma, and a mildly roasted and quite bitter flavour and finish. Overall a pretty nice bitter.

Cask [ gravity ] at EBF 2008, Copenhagen, Denmark. Clear medium yellow orange color with virtually none head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, light to moderate hoppy, flowers, sweet apple. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [130908]

Cask at EBF 2008, on Saturday September 13Hazy pale golden color, small head. Swet wort and grainy scent. Weak mouthfeel, low bitterness.

From cask. Pours clear and golden yellow with no head. Mild spiced and dry hoppy aroma. Flavour is rather dry and smooth bitterhoppy, no sharpnes from the bitterhops though. Smooth and slight dry bitter finish. Mild spiced aroma from the back of the nose. Ends mild dry. Light bodied.

Cloudy golden with tiny white head. Sweet aroma with fruity and caramel notes. Sweet flavour with toasted malt, florals hops and caramel notes. Ends mild bitter.

Cask@GBBF2007. Golden colour, mediumsized white foamy/bubbly head. Aroma is fruity, wooden and not much else. Flavour is the same along with some smoke and riped dark fruits. Quite watery.

Orange coloured ale, slightly sour nose, that fruity with lot and lots of bitter hoppyness in finish.

Cask. A hazy pale amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma is sweet and rather citrusy on a light malty back ground. The flavor is sweet with powerful citrusy hoppy notes on a light malty back ground, leading to a rather bitter finish.

Bottled. An orange beer with a thin disappearing white head. The aroma is sweet combined with an acidic note, as well as some fruity notes. The flavor is acidic fruity, with a thin body. An extremely boring bottled conditioned beer. [3/3/3/1/5]