Bottle at home. Maybe it could have been cooled a bit more, but it was still one of the better golden ales that I have had in my life. Very smooth, lots of flavour and just plain old tasty.

Bottle from local Tesco. Amazingly, according to my records I’ve not drunk this before ! Aroma is malts with a touch of honey. Pours a pale straw with a small white head and good lacing. In the mouth it starts off sweet with summer fruits, before citrushops kick in, follwed by some spicy peppers. Finish is bordering on horrible bitter lemon. Nice and quite refreshing, but it’s hard to believe this beer was ever considered “ground breaking” !

Cask at Scarborough Hotel, Leeds. Pours clear amber with an off-white cap. Aroma: cereal, biscuit, sulphur, light floral. Taste: light sweet & light to moderate bitter, biscuit malts, light citrus, fruity, touch of caramel. Medium body with average carbonation.

500ml bottle. Pours clear dark amber with an ample off-white head. Aroma: malty, caramel, lots of spice - mostly nutmeg and cinnamon. Taste: light sweet & light to moderate bitter, more malt & caramel, orange & coriander - but in general the spices overpower everything. Medium body with frothy carbonation

Cask half at Wyndham Arms, Salisbury, Pours clear golden with a white cap. Aroma: sweet malts, light citrus, straw. Taste: light to moderate sweet & light bitter, pale malts, light lemon zest, straw. Light body with moderate carbonation. OK but not memorable.

Cask at Waters Green Tavern, Macclesfield. Pours a pale lemon yellow with minimal white head. A faint aroma of straw in the nose. In the mouth the initial taste is of floral hops and citrus ( plus hints of lime) before malts kick in, and it becomes sweetish and slightly fruity. Finish is sweet and cloying. Pleasant enough but a bit strange.

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28/8/2020. Cask at the Fat Cat, Ipswich. Pours golden with a white head. Aroma is citrus, hops, straw. Medium sweetness and moderate bitterness. Moderate body, average carbonation. Nice summers evening pint.

Cask at the Beacon Hotel. Bit cloudy golden, small white head. Sweetish, smooth, malty, light bodied, bitterish finish.

Half-pint, guest ale on cask at Glue Pot, shared with Finn. Patchy white head, clear mahogany coloured body. Moderate aromas of bread and dark fruits. Creamy malts and nuts to the taste buds added by some impact of dark fruits. Mid-sweet malt-driven finish. Pleasing to a certain degree. (Swindon 26.10.2019).