Bottle at fins...light amber... soft yeast ...light ginger nose ...banana bubblegum and ginger ..nice idea but not working ofr me...the base wheat beer isnt one im fond of

Bottle at fins ...deep brown ... thin tan lacing ... sweet berry toffee malts nose...sweet toffee and blackcurrant ... soft date...juicy... nice soft mellow malts

Bottle @ Chris O’s. Thanks guys. Pours clear golden with a small bubbly white head. Very malty and vinous. Oxidized and fruity. Medium bodied. A bit of caramel.

Bottle. Amber beer with a light fizzy white head. The aroma is mildly bitter, and the flavour is hopped, roasted and toffee. Overall an average English bitter.

Bottled (from Beers Of Europe). Amber colour, small white head. Aroma is buttery, fruits, some wood, vanilla and caramel in a very strange mix. Flavour is rather bitter fruity and floral notes going quite sweet fruityinto the finish. Also some mild buttery notes.

[500ml bottle from Millets Farm Shop, Frilford, nr Abingdon] Pours black with a rapidly dissipating tan head. Chocolate and roast malt aroma. Fizz is more evident than I would normally expect or like in a stout, but oddly it seems to work against this one and is balanced against a mouthfeel which is oily and dry at the same time. Chcolate at first on the taste. Hops more evident than in most UK stouts - there’s some straw in there, some pepper too, and a maybe a hint of elderberry. Heavy roasted malt is not overpowering - it adds a smokey hint, and is in any case is balanced against some late Kahlua sweetness. I liked this stout from the off, and my enjoyment increased further the more I drank. A fine beer indeed - well done!

Short-lived, small yellowish head over big bubble-carbonated foxy orange beer. Bit oxydized cookies and lots of caramel, evne toffee, treacle. Quite bitter taste, despite the toffee-caramel flavour, that makes up the finish. Never sweet, though, aftertaste is actually quite bitter. This bitterness is however indifferent, not hoppy in character. Quite slick, but medium bodied at best. Well-carbonated feel. Might be aged (prematurely?) somewhat - no BBdate visible. I’m still searching for the citrus hops mentioned on the label...

Deep dark cola-coloured beer with small, fine-bubbled yellowish cream head. Rich porto- or madeira-like nose, nutty. Like an aged beer, but apparently this sample isn’t beyond its BBdate. In fact, quite nice with the melanoidins. BItterish, woody & hoppy and pretty dry. Sweeter cookies in the finish, but hops remain main feature. Quite good! Light body, watery finish, flavours petering out. A very good British dark ale, with typically British non-existent MF. And yet another one I don’t know where I got it - so...

[500ml bottle from Millets Farm Shop, Frilford, nr Abingdon that Dad shared with me - cheers!] Light amber, small white head. Good smooth resinous mouthfeel. Sweet, but it’s got just enough earthy, grassy hops to balance (although there’s little bitterness). Nice lasting floral finish. Rather enjoyed this one!