6

Citrus, light, quaffable

7

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

keg at the brewery tap ...dark black ..small tan head ...soft sweet dusty chocolate roast malts nose ..dark dry soft chocolate roast malts ..feels another Guinness clone

6.5

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

330ml can via Beer52. Poured into an old Forbidden Fruit chalice at home on 14th September 2025. Clean and clear tawny brown, lightly tanned/off white crust. Roasted malts with a floral twist in the nose, woody like flavours, earthy and hints of chocolate as it warmed a little.

7.3

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Belgian style witbier with a twist - namely the non-traditional addition of pink peppercorns - produced by a local English craft brewery in collaboration with the trappist brewery that gave us Tynt Meadow, though I could not find anywhere what exactly the latter participant's contribution was; in any case this is already their second collab, after a bitter (Quintus) that was brewed in the abbey. Can bought from a private collector, shared with tderoeck and Meeki. Firm but slowly opening, snow white, lacing head on a misty yellow blonde beer with grass-greenish tinge. Aroma immediately filled with pink peppercorns (or pepper in general - I was thinking crushed white peppercorns at first to be honest), coriander seed, dried lemon peel, flour, green pear, white bread, whiffs of grass and field flowers. Sweetish onset, touches of banana and pear, minerally carbonated with smooth, slick 'wheatiness', dimly sourish but hardly soapy in this case, balanced by white-bready barley malt and spiced emphatically by the pink peppercorns, blending in with the coriander seed and the dried citrus peel - aromatically overpowering them, sure, but not making the finish too peppery, at least not for me. Floral hops add a touch of bitterness, too, perhaps a bit more than is typical in a witbier, but matching well with the pink pepper, both adding body and fullness to the finish. Interesting and unexpected take on the old witbier formula.

7

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Can at home, thanks to Bertie for Fathers Day, 10/08/2025.
Moderately hazed golden orange topped with a lasting white head.
Nose is citric sherbets, grass, melon, tangerine.
Taste comprises ripe melon, hint of grapefruit, pine nip, straw.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close splashed with juicy come grassy hop bitterness.
Decent enough sessioner.

7.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Keg at the Globe, Marylebone, 14/08/2025.
Pale golden blonde topped with a white head.
Nose is bitter tropicana, light stone fruit, mandarin, guava.
Taste comprises orange zest, stone fruit, raw pineapple, grass, pine nip, grapefruit.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with juicy come lightly dankened hop bitterness.
Solid pale with the NZ hops coming through well.

7.3

Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Cask at the Southampton Arms, London on 12th August 2025. Crystal clear copper with shallow off-white foam and full lacing. Malty aroma with citrus fruits. Citrus tang in-mouth, over biscuit malts and notes of dairy cream. Fruity and lactic for the finish. Full bodied with a smooth, somewhat clingy mouthfeel.