Cask (gravity) @ The National Winter Ales Festival 2008, Manchester, UK. Clear medium to dark yellow / golden color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, roasted, fruity, light alcohol. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. (170108)

[i] Cask at The National Winter Ales Festival, Manchester 18-01-07 [/i] A warm almost orange coloured beer with good clarity. Was quite surprised to see an Archers beer at this strength as more used to seeing a 1001 different versions of something around 4% from them, still back to the beer in question. There was a bloody good depth of flavour to this beer, ok so the alcohol wasn’t always that subtle but there was an awful lot else going on, I found plenty of tasty tangy fruits in there along with a surprising banana element amongst some other tropical stuff, and occasionally too much sweetness nonetheless I rather enjoyed this and would look out for again quite happily.