6.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from Waitrose, Stevenage. Golden with next to no head. Strong enough, although its local flavouring gives it s strawberry-like aroma and taste, and the ale has an associated sweetness throughout its character. Fairly active in the palate.

7.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

330ml bottle from the brewery online shop. Pours clear gold, thick white head. Floral and citrus hop aromas, light sweetness. Get a touch of fennel/anise, but if I wasn’t looking for it, not sure I’d have spotted it. Good bitter taste, and a more grassy herbal bitterness. Different, enjoyed this.

7.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Bottle. Creamy White good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Moderate malty and hoppy great herbal aroma. Honey notes. Moderate bitter wonderfull flavor. Long moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate. Nice.

7.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

7.4

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Given to me, along with a load of other interesting beers for doing a Christian Fellowship quiz night. I’ll offer again if they pay this sort of wage! Brown 330ml bottle, best before 29th June 2009, drank 6th March 2008. Poured into a Corsendonk stemmed Tulip glass. Because it is bottle conditioned I poured it very slowly and carefully. I was rewarded with a lovely looking, clear, Old Gold coloured beer with a large, snow white head. Plenty of bubbles rising upwards to the head indicated a lot of carbonisation. I think this is the first time I have given a 5 for appearance (in almost 400 beers reviewed). The bottle claims Wild Fennel has been used to flavour the beer, I couldn’t detect any in the aroma, only yeast esters and some barley and wheat notes. Tangy and sharp taste, again no hint of fennel for me, more of a ginger style heat bite to it. There is a warmth to the beer that’s for sure. 3 Months of maturing has added something to the beer, it has Duvel type feel to it. The warmth stays and so does the tartness of the intial taste. The 6.8% rests easy within the beer too, making it a very pleasant drink in deed. I liked this a lot, a very good beer and very un-English in its style.

5.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

A hazed orange amber with a thin white head. In aroma, strange fruity esters with metallic notes. In mouth, a sweet maderized malt with light treacle, musty, lingering hops, some roasted coffee in finish. Not bad.

6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

330 ml bottle from Beermerchants. Clear orange with a small white head. Soft citric hoppy aroma, slightly soapy.Taste balanced between sweet malt and citric hops, slightly bitter finish. Ok.

6.2

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle from the shop at Driftwood Spars. Pours amber gold with a fizzy white head. Aroma is a pleasant fruit/herb combination. Flavor is fruity with a light touch of anise. It’s bitter, and the anise tends to displace the fruit after awhile. Interesting.

6.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

From a 330ml bottle 24/1/2011. Smells of fruit, yeast, spices and fennel. Tastes alot like it smells - fruity (apricots) and spicy, with some alcohol, more fennel, and a distinct Belgian yeast flavour. Quite sweet, with soft carbonation. An interesting and enjoyable beer.

5.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

Bottle from Selfridges Oxford street. Pours clear with a shortlasting white head that leaves no lacing. Aroma of UK hops and marmelade. Sweet malty taste and sticky mouthfeel.