From cask. Pours clear and golden deep brown with a small off-white head. Aroma is dark roasted malty and light breadish. Roasted malty and slight bitter flavoured. Roasted and breadish finish.

Cask. I recorded this as being 5.5% ABV. Clear dark amber golden with a rough off-white head. Sweet aroma of cake spices. Medium body, sweet roasted malt and burned caramel. The finish has warming alcohol but no hops really. 200110

6th August 2008. On tap at GBBF. Very smooth mild fruit and very mild toasty malt. Slightly sour. A particularly mild mild! Agreeable.

Cask at GBBF 05-08-09 Cheers to Caspar for sharing this one. Pours black, aroma is fruity and a touch woody. Tangy, fruity, malty brew with a touch of the herbal sweet and liqourice about it. A6 A3 F7 P4 Ov13 3.3

Brown with a small off-white head. Fruity aroma with apple and a hint of roasted malt. Thin and watery, quite sweet malt flavour with a roasted note.

Cask (handpump) @ Great British Beer Festival, GBBF 2008, Earls Court, London, England SW5.Clear medium red browm color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, mild thin cold coffee, fruity - berry notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat. (070808)

Cask at GBBF08. Clear dark brown colour. Mild caramelly flavour. Very low bitterness. Low carbonation.

Draught. Tutored tasting with Roger Protz at GBBF 08. Won gold in the mild category at the festival. Shining, dark rosewood – very nice, indeed. Dark fruity smell. Dark caramel malts in flavour with sugar sweetness to it and a note of coffee. Mildly bittersweet ending. Satisfying, but rather diluted in the mouth (06.08.2008).

(Cask at GBBF, London, 7 Aug 2008) Very dark brown colour with brief, brown head. Malty, roasted nose with dark bread, prunes and raisins. Malty, roasted taste with notes of coffee, prunes and a slightly bittersweet finish. A solid mild.