Bottle from Morrisons, Sidcup. Brown pour with a light beige head. Raisin, herb and grapefruit aroma. Quite bitter-sweet. Flavours of raisins and a little caramel. Bitter-sweet finish. Not too bad.

Odense Catching Up on Stuff Left in the Cellar Event July 2012. Dark amber with a small off-white head. Aroma of caramel and toffee, with a fruity touch. Sweet toffee dominated flavour with a bit of fruit.

Malty bitterness with a sweet edge to it, but it also has a great textural balance.

Clear 500ml bottle, best before 28 Jan 2009, drank on a cold, damp UK evening in Nov 2008. Poured into a pint sleeve glass. Drank this beer years ago at the Vaux Brewery Tap before watching Grimsby Town play at the Stadium of Light. The brewery closed a few years later and the beer is now brewed in Stockport, miles from Sunderland, its original home, not that the label tells you that! Teak red/brown in colour, bright and clear, the off-white started thinly and got thinner as i drank down the pint. Fairly sweet aroma, some toffee and caramel mix to give it an intersting smell. The aroma flavours follow into the taste and a toffee feel is there for all to find. Very ’more-ish’ a beer that is extremely drinkable. The 4.7% is well balanced and the overall experience was a good one. A good bottled Brown Ale.

DØE. Hazy dark amber with a lasting off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and light hoppy - fruity. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 100512

Bottle @ DØE Øl Festival 2012. Clear dark amber/brown with small tan head. Aroma is malt, fruit, caramel, hops and a little butter. Flavour is malt, medium sweet, caramel, little bitter, hops, fruit and light nutty.

Clear 500ml bottle (6.0%), best before end of Dec 09, drank early Nov 09. Poured into a vase shaped pint glass (Old Speckled Hen badged). Mahogany red/brown, clear and healthy looking, a deep head of foam sat on top, the colour of the head a light tan. Lacing held well as the beer sank. Hops and a little malt smell comes from the glass, but like most UK beers that are asked to be cooled before serving it was almost odourless until it began to warm in the glass. Crisp and refreshing, fairly dry from the hop content but a long way from bitter in taste. The malts came into their own as it warmed and calmed the dryness down somewhat, turning the beer into a maltier tasting beer. Slight fizzy feel to the mouth, the alcohol can be found without any undue trying. Not bad at all, a nice little warmer, which got better as it warmed, I wonder why they want it served chilled to 12 degrees C (as per the rear label)?

Cask @ The Wharf, Aalborg. Clear amber with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, light caramel and light hoppy - citrus. Flavor is medium sweet and moderate bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. 040412