Bottle from Rheged. Appearance - golden with a light haze and neat lacing. Nose - honey and something herbaceous. Taste - more honey and green resin bitterness on the finish. Palate - light to medium bodied. Dry finish. Overall - decent.

Bottle shared with Ashton McCobb. Pours clear yellow gold with a thin white head. Aromas of skunky hops, citrus, mint. Light honey. Taste is a little thin, light lemon. Clean, thin finish.

Bottle from Rheged. Appearance - golden with a decent fluffy head. Nose - metallic and tomato plant. Taste - more of the same. Green notes again. Palate - creamy and light bodied. Dry bitter finish. Overall - not a bad example of the style.

Bottle shared with Ashton McCobb. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Aromas of something metallic, herbal, sweet malt. Taste is light sweet, malty, light dried herbs. Clean finish.

Golden colour with light head. Aroma and flavour have soft sweet malts. Initial floral hoppi ess. Aftertaste has a growing hop bitterness.

Cask at the Wainwright, Keswick. Traditional session bitters are sadly conspicuous by their absence these days, so I always try to have them for their rarity value. This one's light amber with a white head. It tastes of toffee and twigs, with a mellow fruity background. It is in fact an archetypal session beer, and as such so much better for a mellow lunchtime drink or relaxing after work drink than all the bland gold's that dominate the market these days. In 2009 I would never have guessed that now, 10 years on, l would be saying I wish there were more session bitters around!

Can. Morrison’s. Seemed a tad underfilled, this. Hazed, dirty gold. Bit of white froth as a head. Nose has yuzu. Cos we all know yuzu. Lime. Pink grapefruit. Some buttery malts, unfortunately. Taste is super bitter, with a jarring, buttery sweetness. Light to medium body. Foamy carbonation. Jarring bitterness to finish. Smells ok, but overall this is grim.

Can from Rheged. Appearance - hazy golden with a nice fluffy white head. Nose - pleasant tropical and citrus notes. Not much of the resin type notes. Taste - melon, pineapple and lime. Palate - creamy and light to medium bodied. Dry balanced finish. Overall - good stuff.

Can from Rheged. Appearance - cloudy yellow to brown. Generous fluffy/lively white head. Nose - pithy citrus and tropical. Canned oranges. Very ripe but bitter. Nice. Taste - more of the same. The bitter citrus thing is confirmed in spades. Palate - creamy and dry through the middle. Bitter pithy finish which still is balanced. Overall - good gear.