Bottle. Just reddish amber with a dense white head. Cheerful earthy beetroot aroma with some bread and grass clippings. Full bodied. Not quite sure what pulls together the sweet, earthy and decidedly vegetal notes but they _are_ tamed into a bready and not that sweet maltiness before a pleasant bitter finish takes hold. It's OK but the move away from stout was not a good plan.

Bottle. Ugly opaque brown with a cm of cream head. Aroma of orange and pineapple, sugar, artificial weirdness. Taste is more Splice than Frosty Fruit, with melted icecream and fruit ice. But it's not as sweet as feared and there is a neat bitter finish. Not my sort of thing but OK. Drink it in the dark though.

From a 330ml bottle on 31/7/2018. Pours a clearish pink/red with a medium head. My first and possibly last magenta stout! The nose is plain weird - some sweet malt, with strong vegetal and chemical notes. Tastes better than it smells. It's quite sweet up front - fruity with some distinct raspberry flavour, and I also get the beetroot and parsnip. The sweetness is met with a big, boozy somewhat sour and somewhat chemical bitterness, Has a slick palate with moderate carbonation. This is a crazy, all over the shop affair. It's ridiculously different, and relatively interesting on some levels, but ultimately borders on being unpleasant. I really enjoyed last year's carrot edition. This one, not so much.

Pours murky/muddy clay coloured.Nose shows fruit confectionery by the truckload, little else.Flavours include more over artificial fruit confectionery. A hint of malt and bitterness.