Keg at fierce Edinburgh. Pours hazy orange, nose is funk, clementine, oak, berries, taste is bitter citrus, zesty, toffee, oak, juicy, brett funk, hint of spice.

Appearance is amber, some haze, a big rocky white head. Aroma is yeasty malt, fruit esters, woody hints, blackberries, bit more brambly fruit. Taste is woody earthy malt, English hop flakes, stewed autumnal fruit, malty dry finish, juicy woody fruit.

Bottle from the internet. It pours darkest brown with a frothy light tan head. The aroma is musty, funky, zingy, dried citrus, tangy red berry, sour cherry, fruit compote, sherbet, roasted malt and cacao. The taste is firmly dry, earthy roasted malt, touch of bitterness, spicy, dry oak, light tannin, cacao nibs, tobacco, coffee grounds, dried leafs and a touch of liquorice. Finish is dry and roasty. Interesting, plenty of depth. Aroma is standout.

Bottle at Joe's. Pours hazy golden, nose is really dank, brett funk, some citrus, taste is spiced, toffee, thin

Bottle, online from Rad Beer. Pours light hazed orange-gold with a frothy white head. Aroma: some funk, grapefruit, lemon, floral. Taste: light sweet & moderate bitter, dry, funk, citrus, herbal, oak, grass, floral. Thin to medium body with spritzy carbonation. Superbly complex, much going on

375ml bottle from sophiesbeerstore.co.uk, shared with Eric and Sophie. Pours a misty yellow, large white head. Interesting, expected some kind of wild sourness but has a fresh herbal character, some mild sage, light mint perhaps, low carb, strong herbal linger, quite fresh and soothing overall. Decent.

375ml bottle, sophiesbeerstore.co.uk. Misty gold appearance, medium white head. Bretty almond with nutty spelt-like suggestions. Interesting, fresh, revealing wild layers. Liking Epochal output so far. A bit rough around the edges at first but seem to settle into a wild, breezy soft herbal feel.

Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up from Cork & Cask. Pours slightly hazed gold with a billowing, frothy, pure white head. Lovely aroma, some funk, lemon rind, damp hay, pale wood. Lightly sweet with assertive grassy bitterness, a little plastic, some further musty funk, lemon rind, apple peel. Light bodied with delicate, massaging carbonation. Fairly bitter to finish, a little oaky dryness, background dry funk, grass, straw. Nice overall though the bitterness is a little too forward for my liking.

Bottle from the internet somewhere. It pours lightly hazy cooper with a thick, fluffy white head. The aroma is funky, barnyard, hay, oak, zingy, tangy, lemon - lime, sour plum, fizzy apple candy, sour apple chewits, gooseberry, spicy and damp hay. The taste is firmly dry, bitter, dry oak, spicy, hay, straw, dry grass, touch of dried florals, old leather sofa, nip of boozey warmth, deep funk, brett, tannin and a dull metallic note with a drying, funky finish. Medium body and moderate, foamy carbonation. Aroma is pretty exceptional. Perhaps the taste falls a bit flatter, but is decent anyhow. Firmly dry oaky stuff.

Bottle, online from Rad Beer. Pours hazed pale golden with a frothy white cap. Aroma: grains. lemon, light funk, hay, floral. Taste: dry with light to moderate bitterness, musty, very herbal, woody, earthy, light floral, spicy hints. Medium body with foamy carbonation. Interesting but a little too dry, needs a modicum of sweetness imo. The aroma was better than the taste.