Cask (gravity) @ GBBF 2011, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.Unclear medium to dark red - orange amber colour with a average to large, frothy - fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, nutty. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration, malty, nutty notes, licorice hop notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110804]

Cask@GBBF2011. Brown colour, small head. Aroma is fruits, caramel, toffee, mild earth and some wooden notes. Flavour is caramel malts, some alcohol, wood and mild vanilla and earthy notes.

Cask @ GBBF, 2011. Pours dark brown with a small white head. Alcohol, fruit, caramel and oak. Smooth. Decent, but not very well composed.

From cask. Pours dark brown with a fully gone head. Aroma is mild fruity and roasted malty. Sweet caramelish, light yeasty and light bitter hoppy too. Sweet, light fruity and caramelish flavoured. Bitter, sweet and caramelish finish.

Pours clear amber with copper edges and tan head. The aroma has roasted malts, earthy malts, crystal malts and some dark fruity esters. The taste has some sweet malts, roasted malts, a bit of chocolate malts and then earthy dark roasted coffee. It ends with the addition of some sweet caramel malts too. Good taste overall but a bit disjointed.

Bottle pours gold with white head. The aroma has bold sharp pear to cherry estery notes and booze. The taste is pretty sweet and fruity with estery notes like apples and pears to go along with sharp yeasty notes and spicy to floral hops.

Bottle thanks to bleeng shared at May tasting. Pours a clear amber with a small frothy off white head. The aroma is raisin an honey. Medium moutheel with a raisin malt and oak finish. A decent brown ale from Thomas Creek.

Pours mostly clear deep gold with a fleeting white head that laces nicely. Aroma is complex, some candy, spice, fruit, no hops. The flavor is sweet, but not overly so, with a touch of dryness coming in at the end. Pretty decent.

The body is clear dark brown with a tall, long lasting off-white head. The aroma is nutty malts and a touch of alcohol. The flavor is sweet with no hop flavors or bitterness.

Draft @ Avellino’s Pizza, Decatur, GA. Pours a hazy golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty spicy aroma. Fruity malty spicy bitter flavor. Has a fruity malty spicy yeasty finish.