Cask (gravity) @ Nottingham Robin Hood Beer Festival (2014), Nottingham Castle, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 6EL. [ As Captain Cook Red Bay ].Clear medium to dark amber color with a average, open and frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, fruity - berry, sweet malt, toffee. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a long duration, sweet malt, candy - toffee, wood - berry notes. Body is medium to light, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20141010]

Cask @ White Lion, Heptonstall. Very dark red with a milky smooth light roasted malt aroma and taste.

Draft. Clear golden color, white head. Aroma of dusty fruit. Taste is papery straw.

Bottle at Craig’s. Pour clear amber, thin white head. Aromas of soapy floral hops and caramel. Taste is light sweet, little bitterness at the back. Clean finish. OK.

Bottle at Craig’s. Pours copper brown, vanilla and toffee nose, taste is chewy toffee, cardboard, dry, sweet.

Cask at The Three Pigeons, Halifax. Pours clear amber, thick white head. Biscuit and red fruit aroma, slight nuttiness. Taste is more of the same. Standard bitter, but not bad.

Cask at white swan... Amber... Small white head... Soft fruits... Softjuicy fruits nose... Soft dry fruits... Soft hop... Simple easy

Smallish offwhite head. Clear pale amber body with carbonation. Light strawy wooden aroma with earthy herbal notes. Dry-sweet floral gooseberry taste with strawy earthy notes. Mid-bodied. Mild, fizzy mouthfeel. Dryish earthy strawy aftertaste with floral citric notes. Nice, drinkable, with a good bit of flavour. (0.5l bottle, from Clarke’s, Whitby.)

Medium beige head. Clear brown body. Earthy caramelly aroma with sugary notes. Dry-sweet earthy roasty taste with spicy notes. Mid-bodied. Mild mouthfeel. Dryish grainy caramelly aftertaste with spicy notes. It’s ok, but the flavours are kind of harsh, and there isn’t enough of them. (0.5l bottle, from Clarkes, Whitby.)