Cask-conditioned at The Hobgoblin, Reading 29/5/08. Reddish-chestnut in colour with no head. Vague aromas of red fruit and cocoa. Very watery mouth feel with malty flavours of chocolate and a short, bitter finish. A strong contender for the least impressive mild sampled in May 2008.

[i] [b] Bottle Waitrose, Thame, Oxon, consumed 29-05-08 [/i] [/b] Pours reddy/brown with off white head, in fact it looks very decent. Theres a good fruity aroma malts in there as well I note. Taste is guess what? Fruity, malty some bitterness, lacking a certain something, like an identity of its own maybe, because I seem to have had this beer many times before brewed by different breweries? Once again another ok Rebellion beer.

[i] [b] Bottle Waitrose, Thame, Oxon, consumed 29-05-08 [/i] [/b] Golden with some cloudiness, aroma is a little spicy. Tastes of wheat with a dash of spices, its ok but not a great example of a wheat beer.

[i] [b] Cask, gravity at Merton Beer Festival 04, retrospectively added from notes taken at the time. [/i] [/b] Pours amber in colour, barely any head to speak of. Nice maltiness to this beer though also quite crisp and a little dryness at the end, quite run of the mill but not bad.

[i] [b] Cask, gravity at Merton Beer Festival July 2005, retrospectively added from notes [/i] [/b] Pours reddy brown in colour, good clarity small film of white head. Fruity tasting with some bitterness, not bad.

[First rate - 10/5/2008, on cask at The Stag, Flackwell Heath, Bucks. RB6/3/6/3/12] Nothing like an IPA - this is a best bitter, but not a bad one. Strong maltiness dominates, with more than a hint of red fruits in there. The usual Goldings musty straw flavour comes through in the aftertaste. Vibrant flavours considering the low ABV. [Second rate - 15/6/2018, on cask at Wycombe Swan. RB6/3/7/3/13] Amber with a white head. Toffee and red fruits with a mild earthy bitterness. Good malt base. Tastier than I remember. Enjoyable. Rating is the average of all rates.

(Cask at Wenlock Arms, London, 23 April 2008) Dark brown colour with ruby notes, frothy beige head. Malty, slightly roasted nose with dried fruit, raisins and cold coffee. Roasted, malty taste with notes of chocolate, dried fruit and hints of tobacco in the finish. Fairly thin body, dry. A decent mild.

Cask at the Three Horseshoes, Marlow Bottom. Reddish gold with a thin white head; sour malt aroma; malty taste with a deeply bitter hop finish. A nicely balanced bitter.

[i] [b] Bottle, from Waitrose, Thame [/i] [/b] Had this before but never got around to rating it. Poured hazy golden/orange with white head, good citrus, soft mouthfeel not bad for a British take on a witbier, I quite enjoyed this.

Bottle at home ... Thanks to Fin for this one ... orange ... nice aromatic spicy banana ... fruity banana ... bit thin ... very fruity and while the flavour is tasty its a bit artificial