6th October 2016
Craft 100. Clapham. Cask. Very hazy orange beer, tidy pale cream colour head. Palate is light, semi dry and has decent fine minerally carbonation. Light semi sweet malts. Nice tangy orange - tangerine with well integrated Bergamot. Mild pepper. Light finish. Very nicely done.

Fra flaske på Mi2 Cardinal okt-16: brunsvart med flott skum som varer. fin aroma av kaffe, laktose, sjokolade og et hint av torv. Mild smak (de 50 IBU merkes knapt) med samme elementer. Myk bitterhet med snev av bærsyrlighet i avslutningen.

Shared bottle at Mi2 at Cardinal 24.10.16. Ebony. Brown head and lacing. Fine aroma of coffee, roasted malt and dark chocolate. Similar taste, with hints of herbs. Fairly high bitterness. And high carbonation.

Shared bottle at Cardinal, Stavanger. Pours black with dense beige head. Aroma of coffee, dark chocolate, whiskey, dust, some floral and roasted notes. Tastes slightly sweet with a good dose of bitterness, and a little sourness. Medium to full bodied.

Bottle at home in London - picked up at the Crosse Keys, JDW. Pours clear gold, highly effervescent, with a frothy, pure white head. Grainy pale malts in the aroma, some old orange peel, damp hay. Light sweet flavour with more grainy, husky malt character, some rindy bitterness, flinty minerals, some pithy tangerine. Light bodied with average to lively carbonation. Finishes with more of the same - grainy pale malts, minerals, dry and pithy/rindy citrus. So so overall.

330 ml bottle, Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 5.9%. Black colour, large tan head. Aroma of roast malts and coffee, hints of Irish whiskey, vanilla, lactose and dark chocolate. Slightly dry flavour with notes of roast malts, strong coffee, Scotch whisky, oak and peat smoke, only a hint of lactose.

Cask. This is interesting. Dry and bitter. Chalk, hops, both fresh and some old, with dusty basement and a little bit tart. Bone dry, with lingering, bitter hops in the aftertaste. Low alcohol, but the flavor is abrasive and it would be difficult to drink a lot of this.

Bottle shared at the CBC Islington for the jk tasting. Many thanks. A hazed golden orange coloured pour with a small white head. Aroma is little perfume, lemon and orange rind, smoke, wheat. Flavour is composed of semi sweet malts, orange perfume, soapy, lime. Mellow smoke character. Not bad.

Cask at Craft 100, 06/10/16. Hazed golden orange with a decent off White head. Nose is red berry, spice, herbal tones, hibiscus, grains, straw. Taste comprises light smoke, rose hip, red berry esters, dried cranberries, pinch of spice, straw, subtle Earl Grey. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close. Decent effort ... does what it says on the tin well.