Clear deep brown pour and a fine head Good lacing Ok intensity in the aroma Mellow sweetness and a moderate bitterness Soft carbonation level Bready, herbal, nutty and toffee in the flavor [Cask at Spotted Dog in Birmingham, England]

Cask at Great Western, Wolverhampton. Pours a dark reddish-brown with a small scummy off-white head and good lacing. There’s definitely bacon in the aroma, along with malts and some hints of chocolate. Roast malts again in the mouth, along with floral hops, honey and traces of treacle. Later on some vanilla comes through as well. Finish is slightly bitter. This is rather nice – though it’s not really a full blown Black IPA – nowhere near hoppy enough.

Bottle shared at the columbus tasting 22/032023. Many thanks. Leighton. Aclear cola brown coloured with a halo of beige head. Aroma is old , dusty books, caramel, dust, apple. Flavour is composed of oily, cara. Meh.

22nd March 2023
Canary Wharf bottleshare. Thanks to LKS. Clear deep brown beer, a few tan bubbles. Smooth palate, zero carbonation. Oxidised tasting malts, some caramel, thin creamy malts. Some ripe fruits. Light semi dry finish. Not bad all things considered.

Bottle shared in a conference. Picked up from GBBF probably. Pours clear red-brown with no head. Medium sweet flavour, some tobacco, burnt honey, light oxidation, cardboard from the attic. Medium bodied, oily, soft. Bitter finish, toasted hay, old honey. So so.

27/1/2023. Cask at the 14th Colchester Winter Ale Festival. Pours clear golden with a small frothy white head. Aroma of malt, caramel, straw, touch of butter. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness. Moderate body, slightly oily, soft carbonation. Nice bittersweet finish. It's fine.

Cask at the Hollybush, Stourport. Pours light gold with a small head. Aroma is slightly eggy grain. Taste is grainy throughout with a slightly acrid finish.