Bottle at home in London - picked up at Kris Wines. Pours clear, rich copper-gold with, fairly effervescent, with a lasting, off-white froth head. Easygoing aroma with licks of orange, some bready malts, perhaps some crystal, hints of pine. Medium sweet flavor with understated bitterness, some further pine, slight caramel, bread, orange, melon. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Reasonably well balanced to finish, though not especially exciting. Some further bready, lightly toasted pale malts, hints of caramel, pine, orange. It’s a very safe IPA with a sturdy, up-front malt character. I definitely enjoy it, even it’s it isn’t terribly dynamic. Nice to see Sambrooks dipping their toes in the craft waters.

Cask at the Angel, JDW - London. Pours clear, deep copper with a creamy, tan head. The nose has brown read, mellow toffee, some fruit. Light sweet flavor with mildly soapy fruits, some leaves and wood, boring toffee, bread. Light bodied with fine carbonation amd creamy texture. Lightly sweet to finish with basic brown bread sugars, lightly ripened berries, faint toffee. Extremely simplistic, even for a mild.

Cask at The Grovesnor. Pours clear brown, minuscule bubbly white head. Aromas of light chocolate, toffee and nuts. Taste is more of the same. Smooth, light chocolate and toffee sweet. Clean finish. A refreshing porter!

On cask at the Grosvenor. Appearance - more of a toffee than the expected opaque black. Some head. Nose - dark chocolate and some nuts. Taste - praline and dark chocolate. Palate - medium bodied with a creamy and silky texture with a fairly elegant and long finish. Tastes bigger than regular porter. Overall - this one lies somewhere between a Scotch Ale and a Porter for me. It’s very good.

Ins Glas ergießt sich ein orangegoldenes Bier mit geringer Schaumkrone. Geruch malzig, fruchtig, leicht hopfig. Geschmack leicht röstmalzig, fruchtig, hopfig, Karamell.

Bottle: Distinctive lemony-hoppy nose with subdued medical traces and backed by clean pale malt; golden coloured, visible carbonation, medium sized persistent White head; spicy bitter-sweet flavour, light bodied - not watery - and relatively soft; a slight tartness is detectable in the dry lingering citrussy-hoppy finish. Very pleasant stuff...

Cask @ Old Gate, Hebden Bridge. Dark red with a thick frothy head. Has a light roasted malt aroma with some sweetness evident, although as it’s fairly thin the flavours are struggling to get noticed. But it is supposed to be mild!

Ins Glas ergießt sich ein klares orangegoldenes Bier mit schöner Schaumkrone. Geruch malzig fruchtig, blumig. Geschmack sehr blumig, leicht hopfig, nussig, malzig.

Ins Glas ergießt sich ein dunkel rötlichbraunes Bier mit ordentlicher Schaumkrone. Geruch leicht röstmalzig, fruchtig. Geschmack röstmalzig, Karamell, leicht schokoladig, dunkle Früchte.