Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Cask @ Cafe Beermoth, Manchester. Dark clear copper-amber with a creamy-smooth head. It has quite a striking red ale bitterness - gritty, metallic, somewhat dirty piney earthiness - perhaps an acquired taste although I didn't mind the unusual here.

keg at beer heroes ...dark black ..thin tan lacing ...soft nutty chocolate roast malts nose ..dark sweet chocolate roast malts 3.8 Cask at the bow bar ...dark black ..mthin tan lacing .. soft sweet dusty chocolate roast ..rich dusty chocolate roast malts 3.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Gravity cask at Pigs Ear 2023, day 5 - Hackney. Pours crystal clear deep honey-gold with a frothy, off-white head. Great stuff, moderate sweetness, good piney hops, citrus notes, nuts, earth. Medium bodied, slightly oily, with fine carbonation; great condition. Balanced finish, mild resin, toasted malts, pine, citrus. Excellent.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

28th November 2023
Pigs Ear. Cask. Almost opaque dark brown beer, small bubbly tan head. Light smooth palate, pretty dry, decent fine carbonation. Sweet dry dark malts, touch of candy chocolate. Cedar wood spice. Some caramel and blackberry. Light smoke and a little spice on the dry finish. Different! Lot going on here but it comes together well. Just a bit dry.

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

Gravity cask at Pigs Ear 2023, day - London. Pours clear rich brown with a bubbly, tan head. Light sweet flavour with a lot of charred cedar, earth, smoke, baking cocoa, earth. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Drying finish, more cedar, ash, smoke, scorched earth. Not bad.

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

Keg draught at the Blue Boar, Leicester. Mid-gold and clear with a full off-white head. Lovely aroma with some white grapefruit and a hint of pineapple. Some lovely malt notes hiding behind. Sweet taste, very malt-led with gentle yet pervasive citrus hop. Light bitterness on the finish. Medium body, heavy carbonation. Nailed it.

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

Hazy yellow gold with a bubbly/frothy white head. Soft fruity nose, soft citrusy hops, all very smooth and bittersweet with a dry finish.