Bottle online from Beers Of Europe. Label: 7.5% abv. Pours a murky chestnut brown colour with no head. Aromas of dry dark fruits, caramel, brown bread and flowers. Quite a unique musky aroma. Taste has more dry dark fruits (figs, raisins, prunes), more caramel, more flowery notes and a lot of peppery spice. Thin body, low carbonation and smooth oily mouthfeel. Could do with more body but has big dark fruity and caramel flavours with lots of warm spices and alcohol on the finish. Very good unique beer I like it.

Bottle online from Beers Of Europe. Pours a murky amber/orange colour with a large thick foamy off white head. Aroma is very unusual and fruity with stoney fruits, some melon and notes of candy. Taste is again very fruity with more stoney fruits, apricots and peaches, more melon, some floral, tangerines, marmalade, tea and peppery spice. Slight orange pith on a hoppy finish. Full body, low carbonation and smooth slightly oily mouthfeel. Very good unique tasting beer which got better and better with each sip.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask at Thomas Botfield (JDW), Telford - as Burton Bridge Festival Ale, 5.5%. Pours clear amber chestnut with a white head. Aroma: malt, caramel, apple pie, toffee apple. Taste: light sweet & light to moderate bitter, malt, caramel, apple pie, lightly warming dry-ish finish. Medium body with moderate carbonation. Sadly not in the best condition served here I think

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

1/3 point from handpump at Ship and Mitre, Liverpool. Dark yellow lightly hazy color, small white head. Smells hay, ripe fruits, earthy, bit musty. Decent smell, untagaunga unusual for me. Medium body, light carbonation. Tastes earthy, tobacco, bit nutty, hay, light sweetness, ripe fruits,, light toffee. Finishes lightly bitter with notes of ripe fruits, tobacco and nutty notes. Didn't know what to make of the smell, but taste is nice, I like it

7, 6, 7.5, 7, 7.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

19/6/2022. Cask at the 30th East Anglian Beer & Cider Festival, Bury St Edmunds. Thanks to SHIG. Pours clear dark amber brown with a frothy off-white head. Aroma is hoppy, fruity, toffee, malt, dried fruits and berries. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness. Medium body, oily creamy mouthfeel, soft carbonation. All round nicely done flavoursome strong ale.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

16/6/2022. Cask at the 30th East Anglian Beer & Cider Festival, Bury St Edmunds. Pours clear dark ruby brown with minimal head. Aroma is damson, plummy, earthy, malt, light roasting. Moderate sweetness, quite heavy bitterness, touch of sour. Moderate body, oily and watery, soft to flat carbonation. Okay but lacked some body and life.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

16/6/2022. Cask at the 30th East Anglian Beer & Cider Festival, Bury St Edmunds. Pours clear dark straw gold with a small bubbly white head. Aroma is malty, earthy, fruity, caramel, touch of berry and slightly veggie. Moderate sweetness, quite bitter. Moderate body, oily, soft carbonation. Bitter finish, a little rough this one. Expected better. Maybe the cask wasn’t in the best shape.

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Handpull cask at the Captain Noel Newton (JDW), Oakham. Dark brown and opaque with a big beige/khaki head. Light malty aroma. Sweet taste, with an almost sour bitterness rounding up rhe lingering slightly herbal finish. Thin body, no carbonation. A little dull.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask: Poured an amber orange with a frothy tan head. Aroma is juicy fruits, earthy, leafy, malty. Taste is fruity forward, loads of rich malts, earthy.