Cask at Fleece Inn in Bungay. Clearish golden amber. Peppery caramel aroma. Taste is malty toasted caramel. Nice

Cask-conditioned at the V Shed (JDW), Bristol 5/12/2022. Amber in colour, with a lacy, off-white, head. Earthy malts, some nut and spice character, leafy hops, berries and a moderately bitter finish. Good.

Cask at Moon under Water, Wolverhampton. Pours a dark copper with a small foamy off-white head and good lacing. Malts are to the fore in the aroma, along with some traces of autumn fruitd. In the mouth it starts off smooth with sweet malts before becoming fairly bitter with traditional hops and hints of ginger. Fruitiness returns in the finish. This is a pretty solid beer – but I would call it a “red ale” not a best bitter.

[Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading.] A chestnut pour with a tight cream coloured head; malty aroma; nutty malt taste with a trace of licorice; and a biscuity malt finish.

500ml bottle: BBE March 2023. Drank at home on 19th July 2022. Amber body, weak wispy head. Biscuit malts in the nose and taste, light fruity undertones.

500ml bottle: BBE June 2023. Drank at home on 19th July 2022. Chestnut reddy brown colour, clean and clear, on top an off-white crown. Nose is slightly caramel and mildly fruity, taste similar, not unpleasant, but all a bit subdued and subtle within a fairly watery body depth, even for a Cooking Bitter at 3.8%.

# 3107; 7/2022. Grainy and floral aroma. Clear gold body, white head. Malty, grainy, floral. Very good bitter. Half of pint, hand-pulled, pub (Grover & Allen), Sudbury, East England.

330ml bottle [courtesy of Grumbo - cheers!]. Opalescent, orange golden colour with small to average, creamy, half-way lasting, moderately lacing, white head. Herbal-spicy, leafy and fruity hoppy aroma, biscuity and spicy, pale malty background, hints of speculoos, gooseberry, a touch of kiwi fruit, whiffs of woodruff. Taste is fruity, and herbal-spicy hoppy, biscuity and minimally spicy, pale malty with subtle residual sweetness, hints of speculoos, some woodruff, gooseberry, a touch of mint and kiwi fruit. Oily texture, smooth, soft and silky, simultaneously minimally dry palate, fine, soft carbonation. Balanced, harmonious, refreshing - deserves way more attention.

29/4/2022. On the Harwich Ale Trail. Cask at the New Bell Inn, Harwich. Pours clear pale amber with a small frothy off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, fruity, caramel. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Moderate body, oily, soft carbonation. Looked good, quite enjoyed it.