Bottle, 12C. Clear glowing amber with a good coat of off-white head. Aroma is floral and fruity, with apricots, pears, bread, toffee, white pepper. Bittersweet taste, with firm peppery bitterness straight away along with toffee, kumquats and nectarines. Nice balance, but less involving mouthfeel than hoped for. Very long bitter finish. [3.6](differences) Aroma is a bit dank and earthy, mouthfeel more involving but carbonation seems a tad high. Feels heavier than 5.5%. Powerful bitterness. Better - shame it’s my last bottle.

1st July 2012
Bottle at the Kernel. Hazy gold beer, big fluffy off white head. Light dry palate. Sweet malts. Traces of bubblegum and fruit salad sweets. Dry finish. Messy and sweet.

There’s a lovely malty, doughy aroma to this, followed by some subtle tropical fruit and finished off with the slightest hint of lemon zest. On the tongue, there’s honey and a slight taste of chocolate. The finish is lemon and mint with a burnt toast taste, but that’s a better mix than you’d think. A nice, full-bodied ale.

Bottle, 14C. Clear dark copper with a modest beige head that lasts all the way. Gentle aroma of toffee, plums, apples, pears, spices, a little chocolate. Rich toffee and fruit, but only a little sweet. Firm spicy bitterness. Tried this at GABS and it didn’t make much of an impression, but enjoyed this a lot.

29th December 2009
ChrisO ’Night Of The Gaylords’ tasting. Hazy dark brown beer. Some light malt on the nose. Light dry and softish palate. Tired malt with mild toffee. Finishes soft and dry. Okay but a bit dull.

From a 330ml bottle on 13/10/2011. Pours a cloudy straw/yellow colour with a medium head. Has a typical sweet wheat beer aroma with banana most prominent. Tastes of banana, bubblegum, and lemon, with a quite sharp spicy, lemony finish. The body is quite thick. The merits of this one are clearly a matter of some debate on here, but I think it has a fair bit of personality and is pretty good.

33 cL bottle. Pours dark brown to black with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted and dark malty. Mild acidic and dark roasted malty. Lingering dark roasted malty and slight liqourice finish.

dark brown, small brown head. roasted malty aroma, rather mild. flavor is mild, licorice, caramel, roasted grains

Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of bluebetty. Pours black with a vague tint of red and a creamy light brown head. Hard roast malt in the nose and some licorice. Medium body, sweet hard roast malt, some vanilla. Very subdued bitterness. Not much to fuss about realy, but it’s a nice straight Imperial Stout - a bit to the sweet side. 150311