Hazy brown color with a light brown head. Aroma of sweet caramel and molassas and some dark fruit and moss. Strong fruit flavor with some light molassas.

Brown bottle, 500 ml, expiry date: August 15, 2005; eye: burnt orange with orangy reflections, café au lait head that disappears rapidly, no lacing to write about; nose: malt, caramel, hops (floral), bitterness; mouth: malt and bitternes right of the bat, sudden drop in taste, hint of acridity, reappearance of its bitter side, watery finale with bitterness that comes back at the tip of the tongue, lightly sweet, mildly bitter, medium body, lively in the mouth; overall: ordinary FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 500 ml, date de péremption : 15 août 2005 ; oeil : orange brûlé avec des reflets orangés, mousse café au lait qui disparaît rapidement, peu de dentelle; nez : malt, caramel, houblon (floral), amertume; bouche : malt et amertume en début, disparition du goût, réapparition de son amertume, pointe d’âcreté, finale aqueuse puis l’amertume revient chatouiller le bout de la langue, légèrement sucrée, moyennement amère, corps moyen, vivante en bouche; en résumé : ordinaire

Bottled. Golden beer with an off-white head. Malty aroma with a hoppy fruityness and some caramel-notes. Malty flavor and a quite piney bitterness. Medium body. Nice and quaffable. (060430)

(Cask at Old Mitre, Hatton Garden, London 20 Apr 2006) Colour is amber/copper. Nose is malty and fruity with a hint of sewage. Taste is malty and fruity with apricots and mandarine, rather dry and bitter finish. Nice and rather complex. Always a reliable resort if nothing more exciting is available.

30-03-06 Picked up a bopttle at Morrisons. Forgot to chill as recommended, but I did re-seal and stick the second half of the bottle in the fridge and had a bit later it was no better really. Light amber coloured unremarkable blonde, some bittereness, some citrus fine but that’s about it, expected better from Adnams.

(Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm) Colour is golden. Very nice nose with fresh, grassy hops and citrus (grapefruit, lemon). Fresh hoppy, somewhat bready and slightly sweetish taste dominated by hops (citrus: grapefruit, lemon) and a dry bitter finish. Very summery with a characteristic taste of American hops. Refreshing and nice.

Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm. Brownish amber. Sweetish and lightly fruity. Light bodied and fairly soft with ome roasty malt. Medium bitterness. An uncomplicated, drinkable bitter.

Bottle. As bottled beer go this is definately one of the elite brigade. This beer pours a very dark red is very clear and has a reasonable off white head. Fruity and malty and powerful beer that I hadn’t realised was so significantly stronger than it’s cask counterpart. One of those select band of strong English beers that could be drunk alongside similar strenght Belgian classics and that would more than hold its own, very, very moreish.

Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm. Lightly hazy yellow. Citric, flowery nose. Dryish with soft, rounded mouthfeel, but some malt sweetenss coming through. Lightly resiny finish with medium bitterness. A refeshing pint.

(Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm) Dark ruby red/ brown. Starts very sweet and fruity, lots of wild berries (blackberries, blueberries), a touch of marzipan. Underneath the sweetness and fruit there is a distinct hoppiness emerging. Very warming and tasty.