Cask at Justice Mill. It pours clear chestnut brown with a thick, fluffy beige head. The aroma is sticky, bitter - sweet, dried fruits, raisin, sultana, toasty spice, toffee, fudge, brown bread, fruit cake and polished wood. The taste is smooth, slick, bitter - sweet, rich, chewy, toothy, raisin, sultana, toasty spice, woody, leather, warming booze, touch of tannin, toffee, caramel, fudge and cacao nibs with a drying, chewy finish. Medium body and moderate, fluffy carbonation. Rich and hearty. A big step up from the standard abbot ale.

Keg

Keg at the Millhouse, Bristol. Pours hazy dark gold with a small head. Aroma is overripe mango. Taste has overripe mango and papaya.

It is a typical English ale with all the quality that you could have, bitter, a bit watery, hop, malt, easy to drink, regular, 26.02.17, at Prélaz.

Bottle. Clear pale brown with an ok but small white head. Aroma of caramel, toffee, herbs and some alcohol. Taste of toffee, biscuits, caramel, fruitcake, fudge, herbs and chocolate pudding. Moderate bitterness. Medium carbonation. Very nice.

Keg at the Crown, Hazlmere, 24/12/2025.
Moderately hazed topped with a lasting white head.
Nose is orange peel, grass, airy malts, syrupy sweet and artificial.
Taste comprises faint citric peel, more artifical syrupy notes, peach syrup, sweet.
Medium bodied, light spritzy carbonation, semi drying close with modest hop bitterness.
Sweet flabby pseudo craft.

Cask at the Old Trout, Southend on 10th December 2025. Crystal clear copper with shallow foam and almost no lacing. Rich malty aroma. Intense nutty maltiness in-mouth and finish. Velvet smooth texture and a full body.