Bottle from Morrison's Scarborough. Pours clear gold with white foam. Aroma: pale malts, citrus, lime, floral hop. Taste: light to moderate sweet & bitter, crisp, towards dry on the palate, mild nelson hop vibes. Light to medium body with soft carbonation. A decent flavoursome drop considering the ABV.

Cask @ Old Gate, Hebden Bridge. Clear golden with a creamy head. Hoppy, some fruit involved, but a clear strength provides a full-bodied strength-infused brew with mild spirit-style notes in its aftertaste.

Smooth.

Decent start to the day

Bottle from Beers of Europe. Pours clear straw gold with a thin white head. Aromas of light citrus and tropical fruit. Taste is slightly resinous, more orange. A bit thin on the finish.

Appearance: Opaque deep brown with a nice beige head. Aroma: Toasted & roasted malts, burnt bread, berry esters, distant coffee & chocolate, floral hop. Taste: Rather dry, balanced. Otherwise as described above. Pleasant ending hop bitterness. Mouth feel: Light plus body, average carbonation. Summary: A solid stout.

Cask at Bird in Hand, Stafford. Pours almost black with a small tan head and good lacing. The aroma is basically strong chocolate with a sprinkling of toffee and lactose thrown in for good measure. In the mouth it starts off with honey and caramel before quickly moving on to chocolate and roasted malts, plus traces of cola, oranges and ginger, leading to a slightly fruity finish. This is decent but suffers from a surfeit of adjuncts, making it a bit of a gimmick.

Bottled (Alko Web). Black colour, small brown head. Aroma is roasted, cocoa, some dark chocolate and mild toffee tones. Flavour is roasted, cocoa, some dark chocolate, some mild alcohol tones.

York Beer Festival 2023. Slightly hazed golden appearance. Lightly sweetened tropical fruit dominates its taste.

Keighley & Worth Valley Railway Beer Festival 2023. Hazy golden with lots of tropical fruit notes in both aroma and taste, with a good body as you would expect at this strength.