On tap at Toad Hall. Pours gold. Cereal, peach, sulfur, guava. Medium body. Fine.

On tap at Toad Hall. Pours gold. Cereal, nectarine, lemon, touch of sulfur and a little sharpness. Medium body. Fine.

On handpull at the Beer Spot. Pours amber. Walnut, orange, raspberry, cherry, biscuit, hedgerow earthiness, toffee, touch of walnut bread. Good soft body. Very nice.

On handpull at the Portsider. Pours amber gold. Pear, nectarine, pepper, capsicum, caramelised orange peel. Nice soft body. Good.

Cask. A golden beer with a white head. The aroma has notes of malt, caramel, hops, and citrus fruits. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, hops, spices, citrus fruits, leading to a bitter finish.

Bottle. Pours a hazy golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty spicy yeasty aroma. Fruity malty spicy yeasty bitter flavor. Has a fruity malty spicy bitter finish with hints of yeast.

On tap at Brother’s Beer. Pours brown gold. Biscuit, apple, pear, orange. Bit too malty, not sure what the fresh hops bring.

Bottle, unnoticed by me for a while it says 9% ABV. Moderate gusher. Dark brown with a tan head that settles to around half an inch an lasts well. Aroma is roasty with chocolate, then sour red berries and oak. Texture has a silky element, but there’s also a zingy and brackenish feel. Sweet and sour - chocolate, moderate roast, sour plums and berries, quite a bit of wood at the end. A bit vinous in the okay red way, but less so than Moa IS - I suppose this is a bit of that and a bit sour brown. Interesting and good.

Taster at Belaire Tavern, Nelson. No obvious aroma. Light brown beer with small white head. Low carbonation. Malty, smoky, bitter. All very restrained. There’s a touch of pepper and sourness in the finish.

Bottle. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty weak sour chocolate caramel aroma. Roasted malty caramel and chocolate flavor with weak sour hints. Has a roasted malty caramel chocolate sour finish.