Cask-conditioned at the Beer Emporium, Bristol 12/3/2014. Copper coloured with a decent, off-white head. Caramel and nutty malts, with a hint of spice and some decent hops in the finish. Very good.

Cask @ Old Gate, Hebden Bridge. Bright copper-amber with a creamy head. Has a mild chocolate aroma amongst malts and a mild but sturdy malt-grain taste.

Cask at Merton Beer Festival 28th February & 1st March 2014 also had this at brewery a couple of weeks ago Pours deep amber with white head, looks good. Tasting more traditional than many of the other XT/Animal offerings but the rye does add a nice little twist. Sweet and malty but with a nice chewiness and the hops whilst restrained do show. I like this abd could see it appeal to the more cobservative beer drinkers who want to try something a little different but are afraid to push the boat out too far. A6 A4 T7 P4 Ov14 3.5

Cask at the Ivy House - Nunhead, London. Pours clear, dark brown with a frothy, light beige head. The aroma has toasted brown bread with nips of Belgian yeast. Light sweet flavor with blackened toast, dried dark berries, burnt earth bitterness, suggestions of bitter cocoa. Light bodied with fine carbonation and a silky mouthfeel. Finishes with more bitter earth, some yeasty dark fruits, faint cocoa, dirt, more burnt toast. Not bad.

19th February 2014
Chelmsford Winter Beer Festival, KEGS. Cask. Murky dark brown beer, good pale tan head. Palate is light, dry and crisp. Good carbonation here! Very good condition! Light tangy malts, whisper of dark character. Nice tangy citric peel hops, orange and a little grapefruit. Whisper of sherbet. Light dry finish. Pretty good stuff.

Cask at Merton Winter Beer Festival. Clear dark brown colour lasting beige head. Malty and Grapefruit hoppy aroma. Tasty malty beer. Peppery hop finish. Decent

Cask at Merton Winter Beer Festival. Black beer lasting beige head. Saison yeast aroma. Some hop some dirty flavour. Some hop sting on the finish. Little bit of carbonation. Ok. Banana aroma

Cask, handpump at The Shoulder of Mutton, Wantage, Oxon, Tuesday 18th February 2014 Pours dark brown with a small off-white head. Very fruity, quite fleshy, juicy fruitiness, refreshing, tangy even a little tart at the edges. I like the fruitiness, it’s a very good beer the finish is dry and most pleasant. A7 A4 T8 P4 Ov15 3.8