Bottle 640ml.Unclear medium amber orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, caramel, sweet sweet malt, toffee, sweet alcohol. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, fruity hop bitter, sweet sweet malt. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20101024]

Bottled. An unclear dark amber beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of over ripe fruits, malt, and straw. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, and straw, leading to a bitter finish. The body is light.

cloudy brown, small white head. sweet malty aroma. flavor is strong, caramelly, malty, faint spices.

22 fl oz bottle. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is mild fruity and slight cheesy. Dark malty to caramelish. Dense breadish. Ends dry and breadish with a distinct bitterness.

Bottle 65 cl. Courtesy of bluebetty. Pours a cloudy amber with a small off-white head. Some caramel and spice - cinnamon? - in the nose. Medium body, dry caramel and some biscuity notes. Very dry and hoppy finish. Damm, feels more than 60 IBUs. 241010

From a 345ml bottle on 16/8/2010. Has a medium roasty, fruity, coffee aroma. Not particularly sweet, this one is dominted by burnt/roasted malt and a little toffee and caramel. A decent porter (Squire’s is nearly always solid) but nothing special.

From a 345ml bottle on 17/6/2010. The aroma is caramel and malt. In the mouth, it’s sweet, with a slightly roasted malt taste and more caramel predominating. Some modest hop action at the end keeps the sweetness in check. A decent, easy drinking amber.

From 345ml bottle. Has a moderate sweet caramel/coffee aroma, with a little fruitiness. Has quite a distinctive taste. There is definitely a slightly sour cherry element to it, which balances the sweet caramel malt quite nicely. Another solid effort from Malt Shovel.

From a 345ml bottle on 29/5/2010. Has quite a nice grassy, honeyish aroma. In the mouth, it’s quite sweet, with dollop of malt and some slight grassy/herbal notes, followed by a modest hop finish. Certainly not as good as the Malt Shovel standards, though I suppose one should make allowances for it being a pale lager. Unremarkable.

Bottle, 12C. Dark reddish brown with a small light tan head. Fears of a liquid Cherry Ripe assuaged - there’s sourish cherry along with hazelnuts, mild toasted malt and a little cocoa in the nose. Taste is a bit sweeter (and less exotic) than the aroma suggests but there’s a powdery dryness to it too. Light body. The light roasted bitterness helps balance. It’s neither that chocolaty or cherryish - they are just hints on top of a plain porter, although they register a bit at the finish along with a little wood. Solid and interesting porter.