Cask at Tap East - London. Pours rich brown with a thick, beige cream cap. The nose has old, ripe dark fruits, leather and chocolate. Medium sweet flavor with subtle tangy prunes, burnt wood, bitter earth, chalky cocoa, raisins, general dried leathery fruits. Medium bodied with fine carjonation; fair condition. Finishes sweet with light alcohol bump, more bitter earth, dried berries, baking cocoa. Decent.

Cask at the Earl of Essex - London. Poura clear gold with a frothy white head. Pale grains in the nose, some hay. Light sweet flavor with white bread, toasted sugars, wet hay, grain husks. Light bodied with fine carbonation; OK condition. Basic finish with more grains, wet hay bitterness, simple plae read sugars. Meh.

500ml Bottle - Dark amber/copper. Toffee, dried fruit and earthy hops in the aroma. Malty, nutty and fruity taste with walnuts, biscuity malt and sultanas detected. Excellent for the strength.

Bottled, from Urban Deli Nytorget, Stockholm. Hazy amber, mid sized head. Floral nose with hay and biscuits. Mid dry with light body and firm, well rounded mouthfeel. Mild, creamy biscuity malt, evident floral hops and long resiny bitterness. Sensationally harmonious for a 2.8% beer.

Gravity dispense at the Crown Spring Bank BF, Horsell, 26/05/14. Clear golden with little in the way of a head, Nose is light spice, wheaten bread, citrus peel, caramel. Taste comprises caramel notes, light spice, vanilla, wheat, grain, hint of bread. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, light bitterings in the finish. Ok wheat affair.

Amber, with a solid white head. Aromas of spices, malts, fruits and herbs. Taste- you can definitely get the coriander. Hop resins, firm malt bitterness, lightly fruity. Unusual, but it does grow on you.

Pint from the Ale House Reading. Deep reddish chestnut colour with an off white head, aroma of malt with some chocolate, similar taste. Pleasant.

Cask at the Equinox Beer Festival at the Rose & Crown, Sandhurst. A slightly hazy pale amber with a ring of white head; musty fruit aroma; soft in the mouth with a sweet grapefruit taste; and a dry finish.

20th January 2014
Crosse Keys Spoons. Cask. Hazy gold beer, residual white head. Palate is smooth with very modest carbonation. Sweetish malt, slightly raw. Mild ripe orange, touch of apple. Dry finish. Messy.

Handpump at the Bree Louise - Euston, London. Pours clear amber-brown with a faint, white foam head. Mild clove and toast in the nose. Light sweet flavor with big clove presence, some cinnamon, slight leafy bitterness. Light bodied with fine, spritzy carbonation. Modestly sweet to finish with more clove, autumnal spices, toasted bread. Interesting. Decent.