Gbbf 2012. Clear pure gold colour lasting white head. Diacetyl on aroma. Some then sweaty hops on the flavour. Decent condition and hops are good but diacetyl takes away from it. 2.8/5 re rate Cask gravity at Firkin Alehouse Folkestone. Clear gold lasting white head. some white stone fruit. Peach and nectarine. Good condition. Cracking.

Cask at the Dove, London. Pours rich, red-brown with a fine, tan foam head. Earthy, woody and toasty malt nose. Light to medium sweet flavor with some burned then dunked-in-water wood, wimpy roasted malts and light, earthy bitterness. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Faintly sticky, sugary finish with dull roast character and very faint chocolate. It’s OK to drink as a ’beer’, but poor in various respects as a porter.

Cask at Howl at the Moon, London. Pours clear gold with a creamy, white cap. Nose holds ripe citrus, especially orange, and also some toasted straw and light lemon. Light sweet flavor, faintly tangy with lemon and orange, some jammy marmalade, mild wet straw bitterness. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Light sweet to finish, slightly sticky with more marmalade citrus character and some light, sun-kissed grass. It’s OK.

Cask @ Cloisters 240612
Reddish brown, clear, rich thick white head, good lacing
Aroma - rich fruity caramel malts, very fruity, hint of soft roast
Taste as above, red berries, dark caramel, then nice roasted malt comes through. Good flavour.
Palate - soft carb, medium body, smooth, slightly sticky, lingering roast on the finish
Overall - I’m not sure it’s a porter but it’s a really good beer, glad to see it again after trying it over a year ago in Newcastle

Has slight malts in the aroma, but then an unexpected nice fruitiness for flavour.

7th August 2009
GBBF. Cask. Clear brown beer. Neutral palate. Well balanced malt and hops. Light dry malt and some mildly fruity. But it’s all a bit dull.

Cask handpump at the Pretty Bricks, Walsall. Thick creamy white head. Clear golden blond pour. Very nice.

Had this in two different bars recently, this review is of a hand pulled pint from the excellent ’Wrekin Inn’ Wellington, Shropshire (Oct 2011). Golden colour, thin white head, not the best looking beer on earth, but OK. The smells were of citrusy hops (they are American apparently, Simcoe and Chinook)and some pine like resinous. Good mix of flavours, well blended with the hops taking centre stage and the hop hovvering in the background, but never far away. This is fairly strong for a UK IPA, but it hides the alcohol well and although hoppy it is nowhere near the West Coast of the US (currently) style of hop crazy brews.

Cask, handpump at The Sportsman, Huddersfield 17.03.12 in company of dad & Barry Gold in colour with a white head. Crystal clear, in fact looks very good. Soft in the mouth with a pleasant bittersweetness and good hoppiness showing throughout, quite tropical tasting at times. Yum, nice beer. A7 A5 T7 P4 Ov15 3.8