50 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden orange with a slowly collapsing bubbly white head. Vague aroma of some hops and a mild malt almost mouldy note. Flavour is mainly bitter hops with a very minor fruity note. Light sweetness before the finish followed by a dry and bitter finish.

[16/11/2007 - 500ml bottle from Asda, High Wycombe] Very very bitter indeed; in fact the bitterness put me off initially. However, then I finished it and really really wanted another, yet I couldn’t explain why. It’s dangerously drinkable for a beer of this strength. [18/1/2012 - re-rate, 500ml bottle from Maureen & Dave - cheers!] This was one of my very early rates, so I was glad to be given the opportunity to re-rate it (especially given the disparity between my low original rating and the site average). It pours a chestnut brown with a moderate creamy head and fizz clinging to the sides of the glass. As the appearance suggests, it is a little too fizzy in the mouth for the style. There’s a vinous hint in the initial taste, followed by a little chocolate, but the whole thing is pervaded by the bitter metallic taste of over-enthusiastic pasteurisation. A little dryness in the finish, but also a bit sticky. Still didn’t like it, and this time I really didn’t want another one.

Pours dark amber with light tan head. Roasted malt and chocolate aromas. Flavors of roasted malts. Finishes dry with a slight hop taste. Medium to full body with moderate carbonation and a slick mouthfeel.

Pours with a large, rocky, off-white head covering a deep golden body. Aroma of rotten fruit, honey and wheat. Sweet taste and then something that tastes like a wet dog smells. Then there is some banana and metal. Fizzy.

bottle, supermarket. very nice. strong feel to the taste, even though the alc. is low. I was positively surprised.

Copper-brown beer with medium white head. Aroma is quite fresh: malts and some fruitfull hops. Flavour is strongly bitter and there are found malts and fruits. Carbonation is balanced and this is easy to drink but not watery. Monty Python’s Holy Grail is interesting and nice bitter.

Copper colour, white head. Aroma has hops and citrus. Flavour has hops as well, finishes dry.

A deep dark translucent brown with a thick moka head. Aroma of brown sugar, butterscotch, and plums. In mouth, a smoky oily malt, with light sweetness, and light British hopping, with nice sustained nuttyness. Medium bodied. Bottle is actually almost a year old, from Capflu if I recall (so from BC) and still a good quaffer.

Red colour, white head. Aroma has some malts. Flavour is malty as well, but very light. Finishes dry.

Brown bottle, 500 ml, purchased at the LCBO, savoured on February 16 2008; eye: light ruby, clear, slight effervescence, voluminous beige head, no lacing; nose: hops, light alcohol, light malt, light caramel; mouth: a bit thin, carbonation, grainy malt covered by grainy hops, caramel, finale in grainy malt-hop, average astringency, mildly bitter, lightly sweet, medium body; overall: quite enjoyable FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 500 ml, achetée à la LCBO , savourée le 16 février 2008; œil : rubis léger, claire, très légère effervescence, mousse beige abondante, pas de dentelle; nez : houblon, léger alcool, léger malt, léger caramel; bouche : un peu mince, carbonatation, malt granuleux recouvert de houblon granuleux, caramel, finale en malt-houblon granuleux, astringence moyenne, moyennement amère, légèrement sucrée, corps moyen; en résumé : bien aimé