Bottle (from firmabier.com). Pours dark brown with beige head. The head stays for a second. Aroma is malty, fruity, sweet. Flavor is sweet and bitter, a lot of toffee, fruits, citrus, malt. Finish is intense dry-black tea bitter. Some alcohol comes also out. Overall: very nice.

330ml bottle, from Morrisons. Pale amber with a fairly tight head and an aroma of citrus fruits - bitter taste, not bursting with resinous hops, but a pretty solid IPA with a slightly sweet aftertaste.

Bottle. Rate 2,500. Hazy golden body with a medium white head. Low carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of grape, pine, melon and white wine. Flavour of mango, pineapple, honey and a boozy finish. Medium body with an oily mouthfeel. Light fizz. Fruity and hoppy, without quite coming together.

Bottle. Murky ruby body with a thin off-white head. No lacing. Aroma of fig, roasted malt, blackcurrant and a hint of nail varnish. Flavour of caramel, spices and stewed apple. Thin to medium body with an oily mouthfeel. Soft fizz. Smells and tastes like a Belgian beer. Lovely.

Bottle. Brown body with a thin beige head. Light lacing. Aroma of dark chocolate, plum and dumpling. Flavour of peppercorns, chocolate limes, cherry, green pepper and Blackjacks. Thin body with a creamy texture. Soft fizz. A cracking beer - complex beyond its ABV. Hardknott are an incredibly underrated brewery.

330ml bottle from Ales by Mail. Pours hazy pale gold with a thin white head. Aromas of nutmeg, orange, spice. Taste is more of the same. Slightly cloying finish, heavy nutmeg linger.

330ml bottle from Ales by Mail. Pours hazy golden with a thick white head. Strong pine and woody aromas. Taste has more pithy bitterness, but lots more wood and pine. Sticky texture, bitter finish. Not well rounded for me.

Bottle 330ml. [ As Hardknott Squiddy ].Clear medium yellow color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, moderate to heavy hoppy, grass, citrus. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, citrus, grass, pale malt, fruity. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20150731]