Bottle at Craig’s. Pours black with a thin tan head. Aromas of coffee and chocolate. Taste is more of the same. Rich, oily. Nice.

Bottle at Craig’s. Pours black, nose is coffee and chocolate, taste is sweet chocolate, dry, coffee, bitter.

Sample at Pint House. Pours a cloudy pale amber color with a medium off-white head that dissipates steadily. Stringy lacing on the glass. Aroma of hops, citrus and malt. Medium body with flavors of mildly spicy hops, roast malt and fruit. The finish is moderately bitter with a fruity hops aftertaste. Decent overall.

Bottle at jackl’s tasting courtesy of GRG1313, thanks! Aroma of vanilla and caramel. Taste is boozy bourbon, cocoa, coffee.

Bottle shared at Leightons house. From bottledog. Golden orange coloured pour with a thin white head. Aroma is hockey ball plastic, hop resin, spicy orange. Flavour is light caramel, tangy orange peel, tropical fruit, light metal. Assertive smooth bitterness, touch of resin. Palate is medium bodied, highish carbonation. Decent.

Bottle thanks to Fergus. It pours clear orange-amber with a small white head. The nose is soft orangey citrus, marmalade, piney resin and sweet plastic. The taste is crisp, bitter, pine, light resin, lemon peel, some alcohol, plastic and metallic notes with a dry finish. Medium body and average carbonation. No real depth. A bit plasticy...

Bottle shared in London - many thanks to Fergus. Pours clear amber-gold with a frothy white head. The nose has ripe citrus, melon, orange. Medium sweet flavor with piney bitterness, dry pale malts, mango, grapefruit, orange rind, medium bodied with average carbonation. Finishes with further piney bitterness, some toasted grass and grain, light dry caramel, bread. Not bad.

Bottle from Marketplace Alehouse and Deli, Doncaster. Clear, dark, reddy brown. Halo of tan head. Coffee. Vanilla. Light, roast coffee bean. Mostly sour cherry, raspberry, and woody, red wine vinous, though. Taste is tart dry. Palate is all that, which is fine if you’re ok with the tartness. I was expecting some richness that didn’t materialise. Same for the finish. Hard work by the end.

21st August 2014
Almost clear dark red - amber beer. small pale tan head. Palate is light, crisp and semi dry. A mellow Flemish sourness, not at all acid and none of the red wine kind of tang you might expect. Little caramel underneath. Touch of soy. Light airy finish. Pretty mellow.

Draft. Hazy golden color, thick white head, solid lacing. Aroma of earthy straw. Taste is creamy, bitter hay and rising white bread dough. Decent.