Very thick, utterly stable, dirty-creamcoloured head over redbrown to chestnut, clear beer. Caramel, toffee and mocha, sweet. Faintly roasted. Bitterish-roasted, with burnt caramel all over, and surprisingly little sweetness, if any. Bit of parsley, and again mocha. After some time, hints at hops. Light to maybe medium body, certain slickness, feels better carbonated than it looks. Not too sweet, which is good. Still, I’m sure I would prefer a cask in the Lake District.

Part of the Classic Ales 6-pack at the LCBO for Christmas 2014. Pours a slightly unfiltered golden-amber colour with a frothy cream warm cap, good retention and some wavy-creamy lacing. Aromas of bread, caramel malts, soft hops that give out hints of vanilla and dandelion. Creamy and oily mouthfeel with a tad of dryness. Flavours of toffee and grass. A little more bitter than most bitters.

500ml bottle from Tesco - Clear amber body with small white head. Aroma is grainy, malty, sweet with hints of floral hops. Quite a sweet, malty flavour with grains and hops. A moderate bitterness that doesn’t really last - bit of a watery beer too.

Cask @ The Railway, Hebden Bridge. Copper-gold with a creamy head. Has a malty-sugary nose, and a fairly ordinary malty taste with a fair bitterness behind it.

500ml bottle. Pours clear golden amber, short-lived white head. Light caramel and orange aromas, taste is more of the same. Medium body, sticky finish. Ok.

On cask at White Post, somewhere in rural Nottinghamshire - Clear golden body with a small, foamy and off-white head. The aroma is fruity, with bitter pines. Grapefruit, hops and malt-sweetness in the flavour, is finished off by a long, dry and bitter finish. Better than the bottle.

Cask at the Brasshouse; clear golden amber pour with a creamy white head, aroma has light malt and lemon, taste is mostly malt, a hint if citrus and grapefruit.