Cask@The High Cross, Leicester. Black beer with a strong head. The aroma is gently roasted, and the flavour is watery, smokey, mildy roasted and bitter. Overall a very drinkable beer.

Cask @ Great British Beer Festival, GBBF 2008, Earls Court, London, England SW5.[ As Hydes Traditional Mild ]. Clear medium amber color with a small, virtually none head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and light light bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat. (070808)

Cask (handpump) @ Great British Beer Festival, GBBF 2008, Earls Court, London, England SW5.Clear light to medium yellow orange color with a average, fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, toasted, grain, sour old malt, dusty. Flavor is moderate sweet and light light bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. (070808)

Cask@GBBF2008 (As Hydes Traditional Mild). Deep amber colour, not much head. Aroma is wood and some foresty notes. Mild notes of vanilla and ssome flowery hops too. Flavour is mainly wood and treeleafs along with some spices.

Cask@GBBF2008. Golden colour, small creamy head. Aroma is eggy, fruity, wooden and mildly doughy. Flavour is malts, nettle, vegetables and some mild spices and ends in a fruity and grassy hoppyness.

Clear golden with tiny white head. Sweet peachy aroma with hoppy notes. Sweet fruity flavor with grassy hops. Bitter finish.

Clear deep amber with tiny white head. Sweet malty aroma with floral notes. Same goes for the flavor that finish mild bitter.

Cask handpull at Ship & Mitre, Liverpool. Gold, thin white head. Some toffee in this. Quite drinkable, some puckering dryness on finish. Not as yeasty as some Hyde’s I’ve had. Fine.

Cask at The Market Porter, London. Light floral aroma. A ruddy, amber color with a beige head. Medium body - smooth, but sharpish carbonation. A mouthful of light fruit followed by a burst of biscuit. Finishes well balanced. Good.

Cask handpull at Ye Cracke, Liverpool. Gold, lasting pale beige head. Not hugely interesting, some sweaty sox. It’s ok, the hop is tasty, rest is so-so. Bit minerally. Lemon too. Sweaty sox dominate.