440 ml can into pint glass, canned on 1/31/2014. Pours slightly hazy/cloudy ruby red/brownish color with a 1-2 finger dense light khaki head with good retention, that reduces to a small cap that lingers. Light spotty soapy lacing clings on the glass, with a fair amount of streaming carbonation retaining the head. Aromas of caramel, brown sugar, toast, brown bread, light nuttiness, light plum/apple, herbal, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Okay aromas with good balance and complexity of dark/bready malt and light earthy hops/fruity yeast ester notes; with poor strength. Taste of caramel, brown sugar, toast, brown bread, light nuttiness, light plum/apple, herbal, and yeast/toasted earthiness. Minimal herbal bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of caramel, brown sugar, brown bread, light nuttiness, and herbal/toasted earthiness on the finish for a short bit. Good balance, complexity, and solid robustness of dark/bready malt and light earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; with a good malt/bitterness balance and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Fair amount of dryness after the finish as well. Medium carbonation and light-medium bodied; with a very smooth and lightly creamy/bready mouthfeel that is good. Alcohol is very well hidden with zero warming present after the finish as expected of 4.7%. Overall this is a solid Northern English brown ale style. All around good balance, complexity, and solid robustness of dark/bready malt and light earthy hop/fruity yeast flavors; and very smooth and easy to drink. A pleasantly enjoyable offering.

Clear copper colour, low head. Candy aroma. Rather sweet taste as well. Thin body and low bitterness.

Bottle from Spar. Aroma toasted, fruity, dried fruits. Clear ruby-brown colour. Rather quickly disappearing head. Taste is bearing skunky notes of lightstruck which show despite the otherwise rich malty flavour. Toasted, dried fruits. Somewhat syrupy and raw. Lightstruck mostly in finish. Very thin bodied. Not bad, not exactly great either. Average.

Orangebrun klar med høyt beige skum. Lukter brunt sukker, karamell, fudge og rips. Middels fylde. Smaker søtlig karamell noe brent, blomster og bær. Balansert. Medium bitterhet kommer sent. Kjenner også alkoholen noe, spesielt i etterkant. Men en svært lettdrikkelig ale til å være på 7,1

Pours a clea ramber color, topped with a medium sized white head. Malty aroma, with some mild presence of fruity notes. Taste is sweet and malty, medum bitterness and some presence of alcohol. Not a bad one, but not that good either.