Cask @ JDW Elgin
Very dark brown..ruby edges...thick creamy off white head....very good lacing
Aroma - rich dark caramel malts...liquorice...some spicy hops
Taste - rich dark caramel...bit of roast malt...liquorice...dark fruits...dark toffee..bitter hops in the background...slight salty notes...little savoury..alcohol quite well hidden..complex and tasty
Palate - soft carb....medium body...rich malts...smooth. Finish - rich malts..bit of warming alcohol..dark smooth toffee..clean finish
Overall - This is more of an old ale to me and a very good one too!

Excellent nose, great aromas and this is complimented by great taste and texture.

13th October 2011
Crosse Keys Spoons. Slightly hazy amber beer, small white head. Fairly neutral palate. Low carbonation. Well balanced with some dried fruits and orangey hop. Finishes semi dry.

standing order derby ... coppper ... thin tan head ... soft berry fruit nose ... light soft malt roast ... ahain berry fruit

Cask at the Cornfield Garage (JDW), Eastbourne. Chestnut with a thin cream head; caramel aroma; rich caramel flavour with roasted malts; and an earthy finish. I was expecting something with more punch from Exmoor, so this was rather disappointing.

[Rate 1, 17/9/2011, Cask at Tremenheere (JDW), Penzance. RB score 5/4/5/3/12 (2.9)] Pours a slightly cloudy amber. Smells sweet and malty. The taste made me think somewhat oddly of sweetened peat bog. Which was a bit disconcerting when I’d been hiking through peat bog earlier that day. Not entirely unpleasant, but definitely too sweet. [Rate 2, 28/5/2017, Cask at the Old Road Tavern, Chippenham. RB score 4/3/5/3/10 (2.5)] Reddish amber, thick white head. Sweet toffee and fruit, too sweet I feel. Hard going. [Rate 3, 30/8/21, Bottle, gift from Mum & Dad - cheers! RB score 7/4/8/4/15 (3.8)] Deep amber with a decent beige head. Rich and malty. Really malty. Chocolate, treacle & toffee too. Some stewed tea A mild crackly autumn leaf bitterness in the finish, but it's mainly sweet. Don't often get malty beers these days, so something like this is possibly more welcome than it used to be. Seemed much better in bottle than when I had it on cask - maybe the cask servings weren't in the best condition. Enjoyed it a lot this time! Overall rating is the average of all rates.

Cask at Rising Sun, Lynmouth. A golden beer with an off-white head. The aroma has notes of matl. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and light notes of hay, leaing to a lightly bitter finish. The body is light.

Cask at Rising Sun, Lynmouth. An amber beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of malt and caramel. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt and yeast, as well as a lighter note of caramel.

(Cask at Black Door, Helsinki, 20110827) The beer poured amber and clear. Its head was small and white. Aroma had toffee and malts. Palate was medium bodied with low carbonation. Flavours were toffee, malts and bitterness. Aftertaste was malty and bitter. This beer was too one dimensional but it was also clean and balanced.