(Cask at Angleterre, Helsinki, on 2009-06-05) Dark amber and clear. Long lastin, lightly tan coloured and medium sized head. Molasses and fresh malts in aroma. Medium bodied palate with little carbonation. Malts, molasses, grass, fresh malts, bit of roastedness, bitterness and sea water in taste. Malts and bitterness in aftertaste.

50cl of Christmas Ale at 7.6% from Utobeer, Borough Market. A slightly hazy golden brown with a small and rapidly fading off-white head. Rich christmas cake aroma with glace fruit, brandy, port, raisins and caramel and just a hint of vanilla. Thick, oily, texture, with a luscious booze-soaked fruit cake flavour - with chunks of apricot and pineapple as well as raisins and sultanas. The finish is warming and port-like and covers the alcohol really well. Excellent, even though Christmas was five months ago.

Cask@Pullman, Helsinki. Amber colour, mediumsized white foamy head. Aroma is caramel malts, some flowery hops, earth and a bit skunked notes. Flavour is sweet wooden notess, some grassy hops, as well as bitter wooden and yeasty notes.

Cask@Kitty’s, Helsinki. Amber colour, mediumsized beige head. Aroma is wood, some caramel and some mild nuttyness. Flavour is quite strong nuttyness, caramel malts, some slight toffeeish notes as well as slight grassy and wooden notes. Very pleasant flavour.

Cask (handpump) @ Regent Bar, 2 Montrose Ter, Edinburgh EH7 5DL, Scotland.Light unclear light to medium yellow orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, moderate hoppy, grapefruit. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to light heavy shell bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090409]

Cask@Angleterre, Helsinki. Rubyish amber colour, longglasting mediumsized beiige foamy head. Aroma is sweet fruits, som sap, wood and some nectary. Flavour is wooden, a bit nutty, fruity and a bit yeasty. Aftertaste is a bit grassy.

Golden Age is back. Cask-conditioned at the Seven Stars, Bristol 16/05/09. Aroma of grassy hops with some malt sweetness. Flavour began with a touch of caramel, before some floral and spicy hops and a moderately bitter finish. Good.

Cask @ Pommeller’s Rest, JDW. Bermondsey SE1. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate aroma with some hints of licorice. Roasted malty chocolate and caramel flavor with some hints of licorice. Has a roasted malty chocolate finish with some bitter finish.

Half pint real ale, fresh from cask at The White Star, Stoke. Partial cloudy, ruby-amber body. Sweet fruity to the nose. The taste profile has also got sweet fruits with notes of dark malts and a touch of lactose. Rounded and dry mouthfeel. A bit too sweet for a higher score (02.05.2009).

A cask of this one was put on display at The White Star in Stoke just as we were about to leave the pub. So we had to stay for another half pint. Copper-amber body colour with kirchenfenster on the glass. Fruit hoppy aroma. Taste of resinous hops moving in the direction of dried fruits. Distinct bitter endnotes that last for a while. Fine balanced and easy to drink (02.05.2009).