Bottle @Bir&Fud Bottega (Rome). Pours brown with a medium cappuccino head. Aroma is hoppy with roasted notes, tropical fruits, pine, coffee. Flavour is perfectly balanced, malty base, medium sweet, with a good bitter end. Medium body, medium carbonation. Ok.

Bottle @Mad for Beer (Rome). Pours light brown with a medium beige head. Aroma of roasted malts, hops, caramel, coffee. Flavour is perfectly balanced, light malty sweetness, toasted notes, light coffee, good bitter end, dry and extremely drinkable. Light body, watery, medium to light carbonation. Nice!

Bottle @Bir&Fud Bottega (Rome). Pours golden with a little white head. Aroma of orange juice, orange citrate, digestive, yeasts. Flavour is one-dimensional, fruity, light sour, boring. Light body, medium carbonation. Not my cup of tea.

Cask. Shakespeare’s, Sheffield. Clear, chestnut brown. Thick, bubbly, light tan head. Nose is woody and vinous. Some chocolate malts. Some tangy, citrus hop, that seems a tad out of place. Taste has hop bitterness. Quite dry. Little in the way of sweetness. Light body. Long bitter finish. Doesn’t work, for me. It’s more BIPA than anything.

Keg @ Port Street Beer House, Manchester. Blonde lager with a carbonation and a thin head. Has a sweetened taste, with lager malt dominant here. Fizzes in the palate.

Bottle at home, 23/03/16. Clear golden with a decent off white cap that quickly thins to a swirl and spotting. Nose is sweet malt, popcorn, vanilla, grain, light floral, bread dough. Taste comprises toasted corn, straw, grain, bready malts, noble hop streak, light citric edge. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, crisp clean close. Decent lager.

Bottle from The Bottle Shop Canterbury and drunk at home. Hazy pale gold lasting white head. Smoke on the aroma no doubt. I don’t tend to like these salty beers, but I read that it had smoke so thought I’d take a chance. Smoke salt and lemon. It’s different, it’s entertaining, it wakes up your tastebuds, it has no faults. But ultimately I’m not a fan of salt in beer. It’s strong lemon and good smoke. Yes good, but not for me.

Bottle from The Bottle Shop Canterbury and drunk at home. Clear pale gold lasting thin white head. Wow really reminds me of continental lagers from 30 years ago. More northern Europe than southern Germany or Czech. Good hops, clean malt, just stupidly drinkable. Lots of lemon. Just so damn drinkable. A little light on the malts no doubt.

Keg at the Savoy Grille, 21/03/16. Lightly hazed yellow with a big ole white head. Nose is straw, grain, citric zip, lime o’clock. Taste comprises straw, faint bready notes, lime jus, dusty citric cloak, cereals. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Xolid Xnobe radler.