Bottle at home, 27/08/16. Clear copper with well appointed head of egg shell white bubbles. Nose is earthy fruits, biscuit crumble, light caramel, straw, toasted brown sugars. Taste comprises stewed fruits, brown bread, biscuit malt, light spice, dates. Medium bodied, prickly carbonation, semi drying close. Adequate bitter.

Cask, on gravity, at Tewkesbury Winter Beer Festival, 5/2/2016. Deep brown in colour, with a slight, off-white, head. Toasty malts, berry fruits, a touch of caramel, before a gentle finish. Good.

Live tasting, 500ml bottle conditioned: at home in the early hours of 7th Dec 2015: poured into a UK pint sleeve. Slight haze to the dull golden body, although I saw no sediment leave the bottle; on top a wisp and collar. Fruity nose and taste and a ’home brew’ sort of feel. OK, but not the best beer I have had from these guys by a long shot. Got a feeling I might have belly ache sometime very soon!

Bottle picked up from Hay Wines, Ledbury, Herefordshire. Consumed at home Saturday 7th November 2015. Pours gold but it is a little hazy. When you drink an Orval, then Brussels Beer Project Babylone and also Sierra Nevada Torpedo followed by this, it has to be said that this is found wanting a little in the flavour department, it’s fine just a rather ordinary beer that is a little thin and lacking in flavour a little, I guess it may be regarded as subtle I think thin and watery with a limited malt and hop profile. A6 A3 T6 P3 Ov11 2.9

Amber colour, white head. Aroma of caramel, vegetable. Malty flavour, vegetables. Finish caramel.
(from draught @ GBBF ’14, London)

Cask at the Wellington; clear golden amber pour with a bubbly white head, aroma has malts plus citrus, taste has some leafy hop action, light citrus, plus some malts.

Cask at 2015 GBBF. Talbot Blond 4.4% brilliant clear blond with a bready aroma. Taste is bready and it has a mild crisp finish. A decently balanced blond. 3.5

Cask at GBBF 2015, day 5 - London. Pours totally clear gold with a frothy white head. The nose holds grainy pale bread, slight leaves. Light sweet flavor with more grainy pale bread, leaves, faint caramel, orange rind. Light bodied with fine carbonation; decent condition. Finishes with alright balance, more grainy pale malts, lightly toasted sugars, dirty hay. Tasty beer. (August 2015, score: 3.4)

Cask at the Great British Beer Festival 2017, day one - London. Pours clear yellow-gold with a frothy, white head. The nose holds crunchy grains, biscuits, hay. Lightly sweet with more biscuits, hay, rindy citrus. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Finishes with more pale grains, hay. So so. (August 2017, score: 3.2)