Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 7
3rd December 2025
Cask at Pigs Ear. Near clear deep amber beer, small bubbly pale tan head. Smooth palate, semi dry, reasonable fine carbonation. Light malts, some caramel and cream but outmuscled by a fair amount of floral bitterness. Dried fruits and a little ripe fruits. Light and semi dry finish. Candy fruits on the very end. A mildly tangy bitter ripe fruity linger. A tad thin and dry but entertainingly bitter.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask at Pigs Ear Beer & Cider Festival 2025, Hackney. London. A ruby/brown coloured pour with a thin white head on top. Hoppy, malty, citrus, caramel. Rather bitter and hard work. Expected something better.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Golden pour with a small white head. Mango (quite a bit), other tropical fruits, some grapefruit and malt. Not bad.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Dark brown pour with a small tan head. Malt/grain, licquorice, cocoa, coffe, malt/grain. Not a bad start to the Teddington Beer Festival
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at The Malt & Mardle, Norwich. Caramel, toffee & burnt sugar aromas. Taste is toffee cheesecake, caramel & chocolate. Sweet malty aftertaste.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at The Malt & Mardle, Norwich. Unsurprisingly mango dominates the nose, spot of papaya, peach & zesty orange in there too. Similar approach in the flavour. Reassuringly tropical.
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at The Malt & Mardle, Norwich. Nose is tropical fruits, peach, citrus. Taste is grapefruit, tangerine, peach, more tropical fruits. Rich bittersweet finish.
Tried at the Peterborough Beer Festival 2025.
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 8
Cask at Ealing Beer Fest 25. Surprisingly light, opaque brown. Thin white head sticks to the rim. Aroma has coffee and creamy berries. Tangy berries. Instant coffee..Light-medium bodied. Oily. Soft-average carbonation. Long dry slightly astringent finish.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Keg at Ealing Beer Fest 25. Aroma is sweet with a prickly bitter edge. Clear chestnut. Frothy foamy beige head. Medium bitter. Grainy. chewy malts. Tangy sour edge. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft-average carbonation. Nice enough.