Cask at Archibald Simpsons. It pours clear deep brown with a handsome brown head. The aroma is charred pine, brown bread, fruit cake, sappy, resin, dark chocolate and coffee. The taste is pleasantly bitter, bitter - sweet character throughout, toasted nut, charred oak, pine needles, varnished wood, cacao nibs and coffee beans with a lingering bitter - dry finish. Average body and moderate, fluffy cask carbonation. Rather nice. A shocker when you see this was brewed at banks. Surprised by the mixed reviews tbh.

Cask at Archibald Simpsons, Aberdeen. It pours clear ever so slightly hazed golden - yellow with a decent fluffy white cap. The aroma is green, straw, fragrant , floral, honey cake, melon, greengage and a twist of citrus. The taste is firmly dry, decent snap of bitterness, pithy, zesty, zingy citrus, kinda green, white grape, gooseberry, floral, soapy, peppery spice and some biscuit in the malt base. Finish has some legs and is rather bitter. Light to medium body and soft, fluffy cask carbonation. A pretty punchy number flavor vs abv. Enjoyable.

Cask at the standing order. Pours clear golden, nose is musty toffee, hay, floral, taste is juicy citrus, bitter, orange peel. 6/5/7/6/6.5

Cask at the standing order. Pours deep ruby brown, nose is chocolate, caramel, toffee, taste is sweet toffee, chocolate, thin. 8/7/6/6/6.5

Cask at the standing order. Pours deep amber, nose is nutty, floral, roasted, taste is bitter, roasted, earthy. 7/6/6/6/6

Cask at the standing order. Pours clear amber, nose is floral, citrus, taste is bitter, zesty citrus. 6/7/6/6/6.5

Dark brown with a small bubbly tan head. Light bodied, some brown sugar on the nose, it’s bitter with treacle and hazelnut, light roasted malt and even a touch of coffee before a dry bitter finish

[Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading.] A bright amber pour with a tight white head; subdued tropical fruit aroma; crisp fruity taste with a dry bready body; and a thin dry finish. Disappointing.