Welcome to Eyam Brewery, based in the heart of Derbyshire (UK), The Peak District in a small village called 'Eyam'. Globally famous for being 'The Plague Village', named so for its break out of the Bubonic Plague in 1665 when the people of the village decided to isolate.
Handpull cask at the Two-Tailed Lion, Leicester. Mid- to dark brown with a thin khaki head. Lively little coffee aroma, maybe a little bit stale, some filter paper. Making some coffee that's a little past its best but still good? That sort of thing. Taste is weird, lots of coffee, some herbal note akin to watercress. Light oily body, soft carbonation. It's okay but I am not overly enamoured.
Growler fill from the Low Cost Beer online shop. Pours oily black with a thin tan head. Aromas of light chocolate and dark fruit. Taste is quite boozy chocolate milk. Light on the vanilla, but not bad.
Cask at The Beer Engine Sheffield. Deep toffee brown colour with a tan head. Aroma and taste are Malty and slight sweet cherry, some light chocolate. Medium body.
Pours a dark brown colour with an average sized frothy beige head that slowly settled. Aroma is fruity and roasted, plenty of plum, with some roasted malts, and a hint of liquorice. A moderately sweet taste, sour plum offsets some of the sweetness, dark roasted malt flavours with a tart plum finish.