50 cL bottle. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is dry malty and light spiced hoppy. Bitter, malty and light roasted flavoured. Dry to herbal hoppy flavoured into the finish.

Cask at The Jolly Brewer, Stamford, Linc’s on a night out with Loz, Nigel (Hopshackle) and the Rev 28-01-10 Pours dark brown, almost black with white creamy head (looks a bit like Guinness) slight nuttiness on nose, some roasty notes and nuts again in mouth along with caramel, in good nick, well served but just a touch on cold side getting better and showing more as it warms. Pleasant. A6 A5 F7 P3 Ov13 3.4

Bottle thanks to bu11zeye. Pours with a fading off-white head over a copper body. Aroma is fruity with grain, caramel and mild hops. Taste is husky with raw grain and apple notes. Light bubbles.

Cask gravity at White Cliffs BF 09. Chestnut colour, lasting bubbly head. Toffee caramel on aroma. Some earthiness on finish. It’s alright, some decent fruity malt. Toffee is pleasing. Just a bit bettern than average.

Bottle that I picked up from the Belvoir Brewpub, Old Dalby, Rutland/Leics 23-01-09 consumed 28-01-09 Pours amber with a sligh haze, like the Hopshackle before this is probably a chill haze as my utility room is very cool. Wonderfully hoppy and sweet citrus notes coming off of this, even a slightly rustic aroma. The sweet hoppy flavours leach around the mouth yum. This is wonderfully refreshing with a good bittersweet tanginess, lovely beer, finishes with a lingering bitterness and a splash of jiffy lemon. A7 A3 F8 P4 OV15 3.7

Cask handpump ’sample’ at the brewpub, Old Dalby, Leics/Rutland’ 23-01-09 and then in bottle 27-01-09 Pours very dark brown with an off white small bubbly head. The aroma is just a little weak but some malts and oat can be picked up. This was a little fruitier than I expected but very nice for it. There is a flourish of roasty flavours coming through and a dryness at the end A6 A4 F7 P4 OV14 3.5

Bottle that I picked up at the brewpub, Old Dalby, Leics/Rutland’ 23-01-09, consumed 25-01-09 Pours A6 A5 F7 P4 OV14 3.6 Pours chesnut with ruby glints and a thin white head. Dark bitter toffee flavours, some burnt toast, nice roasty notes, dark fruits. A nice beer most enjoyable. A7 A3 F7 P4 OV14 3.5

Cask handpump at the brewpub, Old Dalby, Leics/Rutland’ 23-01-09 Pours mid amber with a large white cushion of foam, in great nick it must be said. Some lemon rind in the mouth, its a nice citric bite. The bitterness lingers across the roof of the mouth and the tongue. There is a good bite to this, some thrusty hop. Its a tidy and tasty bitter. A6 A5 F7 P4 OV14 3.6

Bottled at Monk’s Café & Bryggeri, Stockholm. Hazy amber, small head. Careful floral resiny hops over cardboardy caramelly malt. Light-medium bodied with rounded spritzy mouthfeel. Mid-strength resiny bitterness.

Foggy, red-brownish body under a frothy, beige cap. Fresh hop-floral aroma. Moderate hop resin in flavour alongside a sweety touch. Well balanced bitter finish. Worth repeating (500ml bottle from Centra, Colosseum, Oslo - at home 28.02.2008).