(Cask at Market Porter, Southwark, London, 26 April 2008) Hazelnut coffee porter? Sounds kind of weird. But it actually works quite well. Ruby red colour with frothy, beige head. Fairly pale for a porter. Malty, roasted nose with fresh coffee and nuts. Malty, slightly roasted taste with coffee and hazelnuts. Tasty, but with a godd balance between all the different flavours. Nice!

Cask, gravity dispensed, at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading. Pale straw with a trace of white head; sour grain aroma; buttery flavour with some underlying citrus; grapefruit bitterness to finish. (4/3/6/3/12=2.9) [Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell, as Saltaire Amarillo] I'm not sure this is the same beer. This time it's a pale amber pour with a tight cream head; peachy aroma; soft peach fruit taste with a smooth grainy body; and a herbal bitterness to finish. Good. (6/4/7/3/13=3.3) 30Mar2019

Cask-conditioned at the Knights Templar (JDW), Bristol 30/3/08. Pale gold with a tight white head. Citrus and pine aroma and flavours with a touch of sweetness. Drinkable but served too cold.

Cask handpull at Thomas Beckett, Canterbury. Gold with disappearing white head. Some amarillo. It’s a bit sherberty in mouth. Standard golden/blond beer. Not great condition. Bit of sweaty sox. Probably better when 100% fresh, but I would still want a lot more hops thrown at it.

Cask gravity at Bricklayers Arms 2nd Annual Yorkshire BF 08. Pale gold with lasting off white head. Grassy citrus hop aroma. Good carbonation in mouth. Rather a nice spritzy sherberty blond bitter. Good finishing tingle on tongue. Pretty drinkable, some nettle, bit of green hop. Fine.

[i] [b] Cask, handpump at The Bell, Banbury, Oxon 18-02-08 [/i] [/b] Firstly I’m not convinced with this being a wheat beer, it comes across as more of a pretty decent golden ale. I will add that a few others from North Oxon CAMRA branch struggled to get much in the way of wheat either, but should someone wish to change the style I’m fine with that. This didn’t come out with the big citrusy nose that I was expecting but the more that I got down my pint the more citrus I started to pick up from this. Wonderful clarity and more golden than straw coloured, nice white head, the grapefruit and bitterness starts to take hold the more I get into this pint and I have to say despite my problems with the commercial description this is really jolly decent, a much softer amarillo hopped beer than I’ve had before and it takes a little while to works its magic. Maybe it has got wheat in it and maybe they are softening things on the hop front, whatever it’s really rather nice.

Cask (gravity) @ The National Winter Ales Festival 2008, Manchester, UK.Clear medium to dark brown color with a small, fizzy - virtually none appearance, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, chocolate, light vanilla. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is light to medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. (170108) 5-3-6-3-12 Cask (handpump) @ Devonshire Cat, Wellington Street, Devonshire Green, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England S1 4HG.Clear dark red brown color with a average to large, creamy, good lacing, fully lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, burnt, coffee, light chocolate, moderate hoppy, flowers. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and heavy bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090419] 7-4-7-3-14

Cask (gravity) @ The National Winter Ales Festival 2008, Manchester, UK. Clear medium amber color with a small, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, light toffee. Flavor is moderate sweet and light light bitter with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat. (170108)

Cask at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Hazy amber. Aroma of well baked buns. Sweet and malty, soft and rounded with medium body. Roasty with notes of caramel. Mild and pleasing.

(Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm, 11 Jan 2008) Brownish ruby colour with brief, beige head. Malty nose with notes of dried fruit, wild berries and earthy hops. Malty taste with dried fruit, blood oranges and earthy hops in the finish. A bit on the sweet side, but a nice winter ale.