Bottle shared at Cotteridge Wines, Birmingham. Very dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma of burnt malt, roast, dark chocolate, coconut and caramel. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

Keg at the brewery tap, 26/11/16. Clear golden copper with a well appointed light cream cap. Nose is orange peel, biscuit, caramel, citric tinged straw. Taste comprises orange pith, straw, floral notes, toasted grains, melon, bread dough. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close peppered with light hop bitterness. Ok APA.

Bottle from Cotteridge Wines, Birmingham. Poured a clear medium brown with a bubbly off white head. The aroma is smoky roast, liquorice charcoal, light sweet malt, coconut. The flavour is moderate sweet, liquorice bitter with a smooth sweet creamy caramel, smoky roast, liquorice hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

Keg at the brewery tap, 26/11/16. Rich amber with a decent light beige cap. Nose is caramel malt, pine needle, dank hop exhaust, mellow Tropicana. Taste comprises bitter orange, caramel, toasted grains, Cantaloupe melon, sticky pine resin. Medium bodied with bite, fine carbonation, semi aggressive hop bitterness in the close. A clean easy drinking DIPA.

Cask at the Pup and Duckling, Solihull. The first cask they ever produced of this beer and possibly the only one ever! Poured a clear medium amber with a frothy white head. The aroma is sweet fruity malt, light woody hop. The flavour is moderate to strong bitter with a big woody hop liquorice bitter light fruit palate and a lingering bitter finish. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

Bottle from the Brewery; clear golden amber pour with a bubbly white head, aroma has lime and sweet malt action, taste has biscuity malts, bitter grapefruit, some tangerine.

Bottle as an Christmas gift from the brewery cheers Rich and Chris and here’s to a prosperous New Year, also available to purchase; clear burnished amber pour with a bubbly white head, aroma has sweet malts and hints of peach, taste has tangerine, grapefruit, decent amount of IBUs. --- Beer merged from original tick of Gateway on 21 Dec 2016 at 20:52 - Score: 7

Keg at the brewery; hazy yellow pour with a creamy off white head, aroma has some tart fruit and citrus, taste has tart cranberry, citrus, light yeast, great fruity saison.

Keg at the brewery; clear yellow pour with a big creamy white head, aroma has really zesty citrus, taste has lemon, really crisp, hint of sourness.

Keg at the brewery; slight hazed amber pour with a massive creamy off white head, aroma has tangerine and some herbal action, taste has cream soda, tangerine, slight grapefruit and some herbal.