Third of a pint on cask during their beer festival. Medium creamy beige head. Clear amber pour. Light biscuit bitterness.

Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 13

Bottle from Morrisons. Pours clear gold with a white cap. Aroma: malt, biscuit, grass. floral. Taste: light sweet & light to moderate bitter, dry, biscuit, citrus zest, grapefruit. Light to medium body with soft carbonation.

Bottle online from Ocado. Pours a very dark brown almost black with a slight reddish hue and a medium sized creamy beige head. Aromas of dark fruits, chocolate, roasted malts, treacle and liquorice. Taste is more dark fruits, chocolate, coffee, roasted malts, burnt brown bread and a touch more liquorice. Medium body, low carbonation and smooth slightly oily mouthfeel. Quite a nice wintery beer.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle f on M & S. Clear golden pour, foamy head fades away. Malty aroma, grainy, mild sweetness. Taste brings a hint of caramel, light bittering hops and more rich malty flavors.

Bottle online from Ocado. Pours black with a medium sized thick creamy beige head. Aromas of roasted malts, chocolate, a little coffee, dark fruits and a touch of liquorice. Taste has more roasted malts, chocolate, dark fruits and a touch more coffee. Not too bitter or too sweet. Nicely balanced with a roast finish. Medium to full body, low carbonation and very smooth oily mouthfeel. Well above average Stout. Good.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle at home, 20th December 2021. Pours a clear chestnut brown. Aroma is nutty, caramel, roasted malts. Taste is smooth, caramel, burnt sugar and roasted malts, nutty and very tasty, nice by the fire

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask: Poured a dark coppery with a cream beige head. Aroma is caramel and malts. Taste is earthy, caramel, light bitter, malty.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

[50cl bottle from Morrison's, Festival Park, Stoke.] A very pale amber pour with a fast fading white head and gentle carbonation; biscuity aroma with some honey; fresh summer fruit taste with strawberries and raspberries balanced by some sour grains and a lingering grassy bitterness. A pleasant change from the average golden ale.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask @ JDW Montgomery's Tower. Pours a generally clear deep amber, off-white head. Good caramel nose. Taste presents caramelised malt with nutty suggestions, fairly light body. Decent.