Cask at the bat ... dark amber ... Small White head ... soft dry floral zezt nose ... light soft citrus hop ... Light oily body ... soft easy

Cask at the Cask, Pimlico 07/06/13. Clear golden with a thin white head. Nose is floral hops, juicy tropicals light, citrus, orange, touch of grapefruit, light pale malts. Taste comprises light mango, juicy hops, orange pith, grapefruit, floral and perfumed notes. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, light bitterness in the finish. A decent APA.

Pours a light yellow with firm white long-lasting head. Some citrus on the aroma, but not masses. Bit of biscuit. Good balance of sweet and bitter on the taste, but a bit thin. Overall, not a bad session beer.

Cask at CP&K. It pours amber with a small white head. The nose is earth, bread, floral, toast and light sweetness. The taste is mild, hay, straw, grass, toast, biscuit, and floral notes with a dry finish. Light body and soft carbonation. Easy drinking, but pretty so-so by Tempest standards! Nothing wrong with it mind you.

Keg at Holyrood 9A, although at the end of quite long night... Have had in bottles before, and this was equally as good. A lovely, lovely beer.

Keg at the Earl of Essex - London. Pours crystal clear yellow-gold, lightly effervescent with a slight, creamy white topping. Floral, perfumey hops in the nose. Light to medium sweet flavor with more flowers, lavender, maybe some soap, fine dough, straw. Light bodied with fine but sharp carbonation. Crisp finish with some biscuity pale malts, lighter floral notes than before, mellow bitterness. Interesting.

On cask @ the Stockbridge Tap. My now traditional swift ale at the Tap on a Thursday lunchtime. I only had 10 minutes today so luckily this beer hit the spot - pale and hazy with a typical cask head. The nose had the expected grapefruit and pith. Quite often with these styles of beers, the taste let’s me down as the bitterness is usually too much - in this case, the grapefruit came through but there was no pithy astringency. Light to medium in body with a long and lovely finish. Lovely ale, as expected from Tempest.

On keg at the Barley Mow, Bristol 18/5/2013. reddish amber with a slight, white head. Sweet red berries, orange peel, and caramel with a hint of pine and green herb. Not much character for such a high ABV beer.

Keg at Earl of Essex, Islington, London. An orange/amber coloured pour with a thin white head on top. Smokey, malty aroma. Tastes smokey, malty, fruity, slight sweetness. Really drinkable.