Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask at Mr Grundy’s, Derby. I originally drank this back in 2019 when it was called “Clifford’s Promotionale” but didn’t rate or review it then. Anyway, pours a slightly hazy golden yellow with a small off-white head and good lacing. There’s malts and peaches in the aroma. In the mouth it starts off quite sweet with creamy texture, but some bitterness soon creeps in and gradually increases until it is fairly strongly bitter. Flavour has malts, pineapple and ginger plus some hints of mango and orange peel. Bitterness lasts into the slightly sticky finish. This is a pretty decent golden ale – certainly plenty of punch for the strength.