Cask handpump at The Bell, Banbury, Oxon, 22-03-10 Banbury Beer Festival Meeting. Pours mid gold, the clarity is excellent and despite being on for 3-4 days its held up very well. The aroma is a little subdued and I would have imagined that the NZ hops would have offered more but as mentioned this is understandable for a beer slightly past its prime. The flavour is sublime ok so its maybe not as crisp as it was a day or two ago but the tropical fruits and also grapefruit noted were still there and then there is a lovely bittersweet flurry, still excellent but had I have had it when Glen did then I’m sure we would have been talking another 4+ score. A6 A5 F8 P4 Ov14 3.7

Cask@Loughborough Beer Festival, 2010. Amber beer with a light head. The aroma is gently hopped and burnt, and the flavour is rum/molasses like with a bitter finish. Overall a disappointing and slightly strange tasting beer.

Cask at the Live and Let Live, Cambridge. Tar brown in colour with a loose beige head and a striking cherry red colour when held to the light; aroma of roasted malt with smoke and tar mingling; dry in the mouth with a solid chocolate malt body and a light peppery bitterness; then a touch of caramel to finish. Excellent - if only all milds were as good as this.

A British Golden ale that delivers more than average. Crystal clear golden appearance. Shinning surface. Appealing tropical fruit to the nose. Herbal, dusty hops in flavour and a touch of honey sweetness. Rounded bitter ending. Everything in fine harmony. Medium to thin bodied. Has got great session potentials (Cask, GBBF 05.08.2009).

Cask (handpump) @ The Kings Head, Huddersfield, England.Clear medium orange color with a average to large, creamy to frothy, good lacing, fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, toasted, nutty, caramel, keller - earth notes, moderate hoppy, hop cones. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090716]

Cask handpull at The King’s Head, Huddersfield. Gold, lasting beige head. Sweaty hop aroma. Dry sticks on the hop. Good herby hop on finish.

Handpulled cask at the Pembury Tavern on 15th July 2009. Pale orange with quickly-disappearing white thin head. Flat and hazy appearance. Strong notes of peach and grapefruit in equal measure, in the forefront with a subtle background hoppiness. Becomes dry in the finish with citric astringency. Although not a favourite, I found this a very interesting beer.

Handpulled cask at the Pembury Tavern on 15th July 2009, during beer festival. Deep brown-black with a small cream-coloured head. For such a low strength this mild was bursting with flavour. A sharp scent of roasted malts are in the forefront with strong coffee and chocolate notes abounding. A little sophisticated smoke too. First pint at the festival, and absolutely delicious.

Cask, gravity at Merton Winter Beer Festival 6th and 7th Feb 2009 Pours amber with a slight chill haze, nice white bubbly head tops things off. Initially the combination of malts makes its mark, because there are a lot of sweet chewy malts in there, in fact I even get some smokiness from somewhere at one point. The bitterness is present but its kept in check by the malts, occasional sweet fruitiness shows and I must try this again tomorrow because whilst I get hops they’re not in yer face or as pushy as I expected. This has been a popular beer tonight and I can see why, there’s a lot going on in that glass, it feels quite substantial at times and its a really interesting number, working behind the bar its a shame my notes weren’t more descriptive. A7 A3 F7 P4 OV14 3.5

[Gravity cask at Milton Keynes beerfest] Vicious foretaste of plums and coffee mellows into the usual dry, toasty mild, but the sour overtones of the plum keep hanging around. Interesting, and good depth of flavour, but ultimately it didn’t work very well for me.