Cask @ Old Vic, Preston. Cloudy golden with a creamy head. Citrus ale, sweetish tropical fruit notes available in both aroma and taste.

Cask @ Old Vic, Preston. Clear golden with a creamy head. Easy session texture, mostly smoothish hoppy with perhaps a hint of native fruit and flora. Bitterness to finish.

Cask at The Lodge, Alsager – but have drunk it before. Pours a slightly hazy golden amber with a small foamy almost white head and good lacing. The aroma has hints of floral hops and citrus. In the mouth it is sweet and juicy with mandarin, grapefruit and some hints of malt. Traces of lemongrass and crisp green apples come through later. Finish is slightly dry. This is reasonable and an easy drinker.

Bottle from September 2011 Bottle from New Beer. Sat in the fridge for an additional month. Poured into a rounded tumbler. I refrained from using a straw this time. I've become quite lazy this summer. Color is sort of like ebony. Near black, with rich, reddish-orange veins. Lasting light sand-colored mushroom head that leaves grimy blotched lace that probably won't rinse off without some Palmolive. Smells like chocolate wafers & wet potting soil. Subtly sweet & earthy. Bitter sweet, slightly charred grain. Though only mildly bitter, there is a decent amount of acid upfront that drags along with it some underachieving bitter-green hops. It eventually makes way for a softly sweet wafery middle-end, though that itself, suddenly seems quite minerally. The end rides out on that mineral aspect, along with some char, & regurgitates a bit more acid before it's all done. Alcohol isn't a factor, & I don't feel myself yearning for a shot of bourbon on the side. Carbonation is stronger then expected; small, prickly & sharp bubbles. Body is non-existent except for a dusty, almost chalky texture. Sort of like those over fortified fruit juices that don't quite run smooth. Overall a decent beer, but not worth the import price($5) unless I could find it absolutely fresh. So my ignorant opinion is thus: It tastes like a diluted brown ale. /shrug

Sweaty malt aroma. Sweet, malt, bread & biscuit tastes with a bitter finish. Poor.

Cask @ Tennants Arms, Skipton. Clear amber with a tiny beige head. Aroma of butter, malts and toffee. Taste of toffee, malts, some lemons, caramel, nuts and maybe some herbs. Dry finish. Low bitterness. Low carbonation. Alright. It doesn’t stick out at but serves its purpose bravely.

Clear golden and a fine head. Mild intensity in the aroma. Decent sweetness and a mild bitterness. Fine carbonation level. Malty, mild fruity and herbal flavor. [Cask Peter Kavanagh's in Liverpool, England]

Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms (JDW), Bristol March 2024. Pale amber in colour, with a slight, off-white, head. Leafy hop aroma, a touch of citrus fruit, biscuity malts and a moderately bitter finish. Fine.

Cask @ Shoulder Of Mutton, Hebden Bridge. Clear slightly deeper golden with a head. Mildly malty session brew, but a good hoppiness too. Easy enough with a bit of grittiness about it.