Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

50cl bottle from the Sainsbury’s Beer Hunt 2013 range. Bottle conditioned, so a rather cloudy orange pour with a billowing cream head; light floral aroma - no sign of any Citra; soft and creamy in the mouth, but rather watery; some fruity malt flavour, but rahter muddy; and lacking finish.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Cask at GBBF 2012 - London. Pours clear brown with a fine, white cream head. Light toasty malt nose, some burnt leaves. Light to medium sweet flavor with toasty malt character, dirty-leafy bitterness. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Faint dryness to finish, moderate leafy and earthy bitterness, toasty malts. Basic but nice.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Hand-pulled half-pint during the 34rd Telford Beer Festival (Crown Inn Oakengates) on 4 May 2013. Amber, dry and hoppy with a malt fruity hint throughout. Looked good in the glass, poured in fine condition and tasty. Pleasant mixed bag of aromas and character, nice blend of flavours, a well made beer: I like this breweries products.

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

[500ml bottle that my Dad shared with me - cheers!] Pours a murky deep amber-red with no head. Rather sweet aroma. On tasting the honey is balanced by lemon hops and a good earthy bitterness in the finish. It’s still a bit weird though - I’ve never been convinced by honey beers.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3.5

14th January 2012
Hazy amber beer, small cream coloured head. Crispy and dry palate. A little brandyish alcohol. Mild dried fruits. Trace of caramel. Dry alcohol finish but no real alcohol heat. Not terrible but lacks finesse.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask gravity at White Cliffs BF 2013. very dark brown thin beige head. A malty beer. Not sure its a stout more a strong dark ale. Yes fine and an unusual style a dark ale

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask (gravity) @ 28th Pigs Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2011, at The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, England.Clear medium yellow orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, light to moderate hoppy, yeasty, vomit. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20111209]

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Christmas Day 2012 ( ten past midnight and I’ve just finished preparing for later): I need a beer. 500ml bottle conditioned: poured slowly into an ’Old Speckled Hen’ badged pint vase. Nice looking brew: an off-white foaming head sat on top of reddy/brown coloured beer, sadly some of the sediment got out of the bottle so it had a slight hazy hue within the body. Malts rule the roost: caramel nose and taste but not overly sweet. Pleasant blend of ingrediants with a bitter hop backbone running through the maltiness of the main flavours. An OK beer rather than a great brew: would happily try a cask version given the chance though.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

500ml bottle from Brewery this time last year (seems my original rating disappeared) - Hazy russett pour, lots of head, little bit of floating sediment which settles. Very grapey boozy nose, similar to a cognac without the harshness. Rich ripe body, long warm aftertaste. Great.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5