Can from drinkmonger. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Aromas of light smoke and corn. Taste is more of the same. Light barrel character.

Hazy golden beer, thick white head. Aroma.of tropical fruit. Flavour has grassy hop, grapefruit, citrus, pineapple. Zesty, bittersweet and very drinkable.

Can from Appellation Wines. Appearance - golden and clear with a fluffy white head which disappears fairly quickly. Nose - mainly orange and a bit of dried fruit. Taste - orange, then burnt orange, then massively smoked wood finish. Palate - medium bodied, sweet, then the smoke dries it out. Overall - a bit weird but quite like it. Well, smoke rescues it from being too sweet and sickly.

Keg at Brewdog Doghouse Edinburgh. Pours opaque yellow to orange with a thick white head. Aromas of strong tropical fruit and banana. Taste adds coconut and lime. Light bitter finish. Nice.

Keg at the fisherrow tap. Pours hazy pink, nose is rhubarb, funk, lime, taste is similar, sharp funk, zesty.

1st September 2024
Can. Hazy slightly pale gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Light smooth palate, decent fine carbonation. Light smooth pale malts, a light creamy sweetness. HBC1019, fuck me, this is a hop and a half. Smooth pine, light soft coconut, a little ripe pineapple, mild limey Sorachi. Light citrus. Mild Sakura from the El Dorado. Smooth finish. Juicy and drinkable.

Can shared by my bro. It pours hazy dark reddish - brown with a small khaki head. The aroma is bitter - sweet, heady notes of whisky soaked dried fruits, raisin, sultana, spice, toasted fruit cake, brown bread, jammy, dull fortified wines, bruised banana, liquorice allsorts and toasted brown sugars. The taste is initially dry, toasty, rich and chewy, heady notes of booze, liquorice, earth, whisky soaked oak, tannin, leather, dried fruits, raisin, cranberry, sultana, fig, fortied wine, spice, dull vanilla and toasted rye bread with a drying, chewy leather sofa finish. Medium to fulsome body and soft, supportive carbonation. Commands attention for sure. A interesting sippin ale.

Keg at Craft Beer Co Covent Garden. Aroma is sour, fruity but low key. Amber. Thin foamy white head. Light-medium sour with a twiggy edge. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Polite.