Cask, gravity at Merton Winter Beer Festival, 17th & 18th February 2012 Dark brown with a touch of reddy glint and a small white head of dancing bubbles atop. Smokier than I was expecting with the smokiness in both mouth and on the nose. Dry, malty and the hops also showing, enjoyable stuff. A7 A4 T7 P4 Ov14 3.6

Bottle 500ml.Clear dark brown colour with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, leather, light licorice - berry. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20111208] --- Beer merged from original tick of Winter Warrant on 11 Oct 2013 at 04:59 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7. Original review text: Cask (gravity) @ Cambridge Winter Ale Festival 2013, at the University Social Club, Mill Lane, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England CB2 1RX.Clear dark brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, burnt, caramel, chocolate. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, burnt roasted, roasted. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130119]

Bottle 500ml. [ As 1648 Smoked Ale ].Clear medium amber colour with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to light beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, leather, smoke, light plastic. Flavour is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration, plastic, smoke. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20111208]

cask at bow ... ruby ... creamy tan head .... light smokey ... roast malt nose ... juicy malts ... light sweet roast ... light smoke ... light woody ... actually easy drinking

Bottled 500ml (BB 12/2011)
Served with yeast. Hazy orange color, good white head. Aroma is like in Orval! Horseblankety, honeyish. Light bodied. Flavor is also like Orval! Horseblankety, fruity, peppery, honeyish. Well, I think it was not intended to be like this but I love it!

Bottled. Reddish amber colour, mediumsized beige foamy head. Aroma is wooden, mildly leathery and some slight spicy and malty notes. Flavour is caramel, floral and fruity with some slight herbal and grassy dry bitterness. Semimouthdrying palate.

Bottled. Amber colour, mediumsized beige head. Aroma is fruity and floral hops along with some wood and mild caramelly notes. Flavour is fruity and floral hops along with some mild maltyness as well as some mild leathery notes.

Bottled. Amber colour, mediumsized beige head. Aroma is ginger, some fruits, mild caramel, some slight herbal notes as well. Flavour is being quite similar with some slight grainy notes. Some grassy herbal and quite dry mouthdoors as well.

Bottled. Mediumsized beigeish brown foamy head on a deep ruby red body. Aroma is fruity, mild acidic wooden notes as well as some slight wooden notes. Flavour is quite much the same, but also has some mild raisins and toasted notes to it.