Tried at the Rutland Arms, Sheffield. Almost black colour with a ta head. Roasted malty, aroma with a dry taste. Rich body

Keg at Old Coffee House. It pours jet black with a thick, creamy beige head. The aroma is rich roasted malt, stewed orange, marmalade, liquorice and earth. The taste is crisp, dry, bitter, creamy, toasty, charred wood, ash, burnt citrus, coffee grounds and toasty pine with a drying finish. Medium body and moderate foamy carbonation. Pretty intense stuff. Charry. Grew on me after a while.

Bottle shared at Cotteridge wines, Cotteridge Convention III 20/05/2017. Many thanks! A light hazed yellow coloured pour with a loose white head. Aroma is tangy pear, lemon, mixed hop, midget gems. Flavour is composed of sour tangy pear, prickly pear, pithy citrus. Palate is sour anf tangy, moderate carbonation.

Bottle at home, picked up at Cotts, 22/10/17. Pitch black with a big ole dirty tan head that retains a little too well! Nose is chocolate maltesers, earthy hop bite, pine, charr, like a boosty CDA, blackcurrant, light spice. Taste comprises molasses, light spice, earthy, charr, chocolate milkshake, liquorice, charr, earthy red berries. Medium plus body, fine carbonation, semi drying close peppered with earthy hop bitterness. Decent hopped up impy.

33cl bottle pours a still black with a ring of brown head. Nose has malt, chocolate, raisin, molasses, booze. Flavor has booze, chocolate, coffee liqueuer, black tea, toast. Finishes oily and a touch hot.

(2017 London) 1/2 Pint Cask @ Old Coffee House. Clear golden, creamy white soapy bubbles. Nose is weird, vanilla? Marzipan, almond, fermenting white grapes. Taste is watery, fermenting white grapes, oddly spoiled with some almond. Bizarre & not quite there. Watery.

(2017 London) 1 Pint Cask @ Old Coffee House. Darker amber than expected. Nose is overripe almost alcoholic fruit, toffee, spoiled caramel & shag tobacco even. Taste is mild cacao, toffee, sugar, spoiled fruit, shag tobacco, plastic, very messy & confusing, weird but partially agreeable but strange. Spoiled toffee & plastic body.

Can from Cotteridge Wines, Birmingham. Poured a hazy straw colour with a big frothy white head. The aroma is yeast, light banana, lemon citrus. The flavour is acid citrus with a dry, light, yeasty, citrus fruit, light spiced hop bitter palate. Medium to light bodied with average carbonation.

Can. A hazy golden beer with a beige head. The aroma has notes of malt, fruits, and straw. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, over ripe fruits, and straw, leading to a bitter finish. The body is light.

Can@Jespers - yellow golden pour with white head. Sweet fruity and malty with some citrus fruity notes, some orange and lemon, some light mango sweetness coming in, pale malty backing, hoppy light bitter finish. Good stuff for the abv.