Can from Old Shambles in York. Appearance - golden with a nice fluffy head. Nose - grapefruit with a touch of lime. Taste - more grapefruit and this time something resembling greengage. Then lime on the finish. Palate - light to medium bodied with a creamy texture and a long dry finish. Overall - enjoyable.

Can from Old Shambles Tavern in York. Appearance - golden with a decent head. Nose - big pink grapefruit note plus something a bit tropical. Taste - pink grapefruit confirmed. Palate - light to medium bodied with a creamy texture and a long dry finish. Overall - almost getting towards too bitter but it does a great job.

Can from St Albans beer shop, St Albans, Herts. A hazy golden/orange coloured pour with a thin white head on top. Rich hoppy, tropical fruit, pine aroma. Tastes similar, hoppy, tropical fruit, pine, slight sweetness, juicy and rich. This was absolute nectar.

Can from Old Shambles Tavern in York. Appearance - hazy golden with a nice fluffy head. Nose - grapefruit and papaya. Taste - mango and papaya. Palate - light bodied with a creamy texture and a long dry finish. A bit thin in the middle though. Overall - a decent example of the style.

Cask @ Fox And Goose, Hebden Bridge. Almost black, but not quite. Is at its most ’stout’ in its aroma, with its strength dominant in taste. It’s more porter-like than stout in terms of its taste though.

Can from Shambles Tavern in York. Appearance - close to opaque black with a lovely fawn head. Nose - creamy milk chocolate. Light smoke and earth. Taste - black jack sweets and charcoal. Palate - medium bodied with a creamy texture and a fairly balanced finish. Overall - my first beer from this brewer and it was enjoyable.

Keg @ Old Gate, Hebden Bridge. Black with next to no head. Crisp and fairly thin tasting for its strength, which isn’t overly evident in its taste, although its nose carries greater evidence of this. There’s some chocolate and roasted malt in its nose, but not a great deal as there’s a small fruity fusion, with these flavours most apparent in its taste. Not quite what I expected from a chocolate stout.

Another good beer from Vocation!