Bottled (backlog). Goldeny amber colour with a mediumsized foamy head. Aroma is grass, some earth, toffee and mild herbal and wooden notes. Flavour is earth, grass, toffee and some mild herbal notes. A bit floral and bitter tones to it as well as some slight metallic notes too.

Cask (backlog). Golden colour with a small white head. Aroma is fruity, floral, mildly nectary and herbal. Flavour is similar, but also has a nice crisp malty touch to it. Balanced and such, but nothing that special.

Bottle from Oddbins. Appearance - golden amber with a nice head. Nose - toffee with just a touch of fresh herb or citrus. Taste - caramel biscuits, some honeycomb even. Perhaps butterscotch but just faint. Palate - close to medium bodied with a creamy yet crunchy texture and a fairly good finish. Overall - solid but not that exciting.

500ml bottle # 038189: BBD 31 Oct 14, some 9 days ago. Poured slowly into an Abbot Ale glass tankard on 9 Nov 14. Huge lightly tanned foaming head on top of a dull chestnut coloured body. This bottle conditioned ale has an aroma that leads with roasted maltiness, some dark fruits follow along with a raisin hint or two, but light roasted malts rule the nose. The taste is also malt first, semi-sweet and again with a fruity and dried fruit feel later in the flavouring. Good body depth which helped to hide the alcohol level nicely. I really enjoyed this brew and am annoyed I allowed the bottle to become ’out of date’ before drinking it: I must have had it on my shelves for over a year and just kept overlooking it and awaiting the right time to open it.

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Bottle at Behind The Hills 2014 Autumn Edition. Amber color with small white head. Caramel, apples, malt in aroma. Caramel malt, some fruits, sugar in taste. OK.

Cask at Toby Carvery, Bedford. Golden brown, a good show of white head. A bit of floral hop in the nose, along with a biscuit malt. Very basic. Taste is bitter with some hop in the finish. Medium to long hoppy aftertaste. Not bad, drinkable enough but nothing special by any stretch.

From bottle 09.10.14. Amber. Off-white head and lacing. Fruity and sweet aroma of caramel, English hops and flowers. Sweet malt.in taste. Very good drinkability. A fine English bitter.

Pint from the Three Stags Bebbington. Golden brown color with thin off white head. Weak aroma of malts. Slightly sweet and fruity flavour with bitterish finish.

Cask at the Brasshouse; clear amber pour with a creamy white head, light malt aroma, taste has malt really great creamy mouthfeel, a hint of biscuit enjoyable.