0.5L bottle, long lasting smallish head, Clear light brown colour bordering on the copper. Strong aroma of hops, taste is dominated by strong herbal hoppy bitterness with sweet fruits and light metalic notes. Medium bodied, pleasant long sour aroma.

Nitro tin. Poured amber with thick foamy white. jead. New mown hay and malty aroma. Smooth flavour, sweet creamy malt, but with an unpleasant salad note at the end. Flat finish, with more vegetable notes. Only ordinary. There are better ales.

On tap Bury St. Edmunds, England. Pours light/lightly amber in color into the pint glass. Looks almost like a Guinness with it’s extremely frothy head. Taste is rather dull, light bitterness and creamy mouthfeel. I wouldn’t search this out but I’m not upset I gave it a go.

Nitro can. Pour is a nitro bubbled mess at first, but it’s kind of fun to sit and watch it clear up. Eventually,it turns into the color of a tanished penny with a dense, but small beige head. Aromas are apple juice and caramel malt dominated with a touch of additional fruit. Flavor is heavy on the nuts with a decidedly bitter finish to it... The aromas sure didn’t foreshadow the plot twists very well for me. Still, things are pleasant enough.

Cask at GBBF08. Clear golden colour. OK fruity flavour, some flower notes. Thin mouthfeel.

Brown bottle, 500 ml, purchased at the LCBO, savoured on September 4 2008; eye: mahogany, clear, no effervescence, beige head that falls and turns into a ring, a bit of lacing; nose: roasted malt, water, slight hops, light wood, slight alcohol, light burnt malt; mouth: roasted malt, watery, slight wood, light alcohol, light spices, light nuts, light burnt malt, finale in roasted malt with a surprising appearance of a good quantity of hops, lightly sweet, slightly bitter, medium-light body, not much carbonation, light astringency; overall: interesting FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 500 ml, achetée à la LCBO, savourée le 4 septembre 2008; œil : acajou, claire, pas d’effervescence, mousse beige qui tombe pour faire place à un petit anneau beige, un peu de dentelle; nez : malt rôti, eau, très léger houblon, léger boisé, très léger alcool, léger malt brûlé; bouche : malt rôti, aqueuse, léger boisé, léger alcool, léger épices, léger noix, léger malt brûlé, finale en malt rôti avec une surprenante apparition d’une bonne quantité de houblon, légèrement sucrée, très légèrement amère, corps moyen-léger, très peu de carbonatation, légère astringence; en résumé : intéressante

Bottle. BB July 08. Dark ruby color with a big beige head. Aroma has lots of malt, some portwine notes, caramel and dark fruits and a bit of alcohol. A sweet malty flavor with brown sugar, some caramel, slightly spicy fruitiness, wood notes and an alcoholic edge. Finishes drier with light acidic roastiness. Medium-bodied. A decent beer, just doesn’t do it for me and I can’t really find any great aspect to this beer. Still quite drinkable.

Bottle. Clear copper-amber color with a medium beige head that disappears quite fast. Aroma of hops, slightly earthy, with fruits, light citrus and some malt with biscuit hints. Flavor begins sweetish and malty with a bit of caramel and some fruitiness and finishes hoppy with a rather strong bitterness and light metallic notes. Light-medium body. Quite nice.

Cask@GBBF2008. Deep ambery brown colour, small beige head. Aroma is dark fruits, some spices and yeast. Flavour is yeast, malts, caramel and some dark fruits. Mild notes of sour coffee.

Cask@GBBF2008. Amber colour, mediumsized off-white head. Aroma is caramel, fruits, yeast and some sap. Flavour is wood, vanilla, spices and quite much sap. A bit alcohol is present too.