12/4/2019. Cask gravity at the Hull Real Ale & Cider Festival 2019. Pours almost black with a small bubbly tan coloured head. Aroma of dark chocolate, lactose, coffee, milk chocolate, dark fruit and light roasted malt. Medium sweetness and light roasted bitterness. Medium body, slight creamy texture, soft carbonation. Milky chocolate finish. Nice.

Cask at New Milton Beer Festival. Orange and caramel aroma. Not so much hazy as murky faded orange brown. Forthy white head recedes to a thin creamy head. Light sour. Spicy. Some underlying sweetness. Medium bodied. Creamy. Flat carbonation. Long somewhat astringent finish. Interesting.

5th December 2017
Pig's Ear. Cask. Hazy deep gold beer, bubbly pale cream colour head. Light dry palate, modest fine carbonation. Dry pale malts. Esters. Floral tangerine and ripe orange peel. Light dry finish. Okay.

23rd June 2018
Hazy orange beer, tidy cream colour head. Palate is smooth and has a fine minerally crispness. Smooth and fairly dry malts, mildly sweet. Modest orange and pine. A touch of harsh floral bitterness. Fresher orange and orange peel on the back end. Touch of hop dust. Bitter linger. Better than the harsh Ducking Stool but this beer could still do with a lot of refinement. Tastes like most of the hops are going in the boil.

23rd June 2018
Hazy orange - gold beer, small bubbly pale cream colour head. Dry palate, reasonable fine minerally carbonation. Dry grainy malts, not much sweetness at all. Harsh floral bitterness. Little citric peel. Dry bitter finish. Long bitter linger. Harsh and heavy handed.

Cask (gravity) @ 34th Pigs Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2017, at The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, England. [ As Drop the Anchor Ducking Stool IPA ].Unclear medium orange yellow colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy and open, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, sweet malt, pale malt, moderate hoppy, fruity hops, marmalade hops. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a long duration, swet malt, pale malt, marmalade hops, earthy. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20171206] 5-3-6-3-12

Cask at Pig's Ear '17,day one, 05/12/17. Hazed golden orange with a decent off white head. Nose is bready malts, straw, orange peel, toasted grains. Taste comprises bitter citric peel, straw, toasted grains, caramel, light pinch of spice, raw fruits. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close with moderate bitterness. Adequate cask amber.

Cask (gravity) @ 34th Pig's Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2017, at The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, England.

[ As Drop the Anchor Silent Stone ].
ABV: 4.7%. Clear medium amber yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, sweet malt, caramel, pale malt, sharp. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average to long duration, biscuit malt, sweet malt, pale malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20171207]
6-3-6-3-11

Cask at Pigs Ear 2017 - Hackney. Pours unclear orange-gold with a creamy, white head. The nose holds lightly toasted grains, orange peel. Lightly sweet, with more pale grains, bitter hay, vague citrus. Light bodied with fine carbonation; OK condition. Finishes with further pale, husky grains, lemon rind. Alright stuff.

Cask (gravity) @ 34th Pig's Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2017, at The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, England.

[ As Drop the Anchor The Priest's Hole ].
ABV: 4.9%. Clear dark red brown colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, dark malt, chocolate. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, dark malt, chocolate, roasted, woody. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20171207]
7-3-7-3-15