Cask-conditioned at the Cheshire Beeriodical, Seven Stars, Bristol October 2012. Near black with a slight, off-white head. Aroma of pine, berry fruits, chocolate and caramel. Flavour had some fruit cake, citrus and chocolate, with a lingering dry finish. Very good.

Cask-conditioned at the Cheshire Beeriodical, Seven Stars, Bristol October 2012. Black with a decent, off-white head. Aroma of dark chocolate, bitter oranges, dark fruits and a touch of grassy hop. Flavour had more fruit and choclate, some liquorice, porridge oats, leading to a dryish finish. Excellent.

Cask (gravity) @ NWAF 2012, National Winter Ales Festival, The Venue, Sheridan Suite, Manchester, England.Clear medium orange yellow color with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, fruity, peach, light to moderate hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120118]

Cask@GBBF2012. Black colour, small brown head. Aroma is fruity, wooden, mild roasted notes along with ashes, ripe fruits and toffee. Flavour is mild roasted malts, some liquorice, mild ripe fruits along with the ashes. Also some mild nutty notes.

Bottle from Darts Farm. Hazy deep golden colour, small creamy head. Malty start with enormous hops tuning in at once. Grassy-resiny with a citrusy finish. A light delight!

Cask, half pint at Chorlton Beer Fest. Clear and bright amber coloured body. Airy, bubbly white head. Hop fruity nose. Leafy hops in flavour on a malty backbone. Dry hopped ending. Oily palate. Quite alright. Shared with Elisabeth and Stefan, 06.07.2012.

Half pint, very good amount, hand-pulled cask at Chorlton Beer Fest. Good looking with a deep rosewood coloured body topped by a lasting, fawn-coloured head. Aroma of chocolate malt and dark fruits. Taste of dark fruits and mid-sweet dark malts added by a little roastiness. Rounded bitter aftertaste. Pleasant, my best at the beer festival in Chorlton, 06.07.2012.

Cask@Reading Beer Festival 2012. Orangeish golden colour with a small white head. Aroma is bready malts along with some toffee and sweet citrus fruity notes. Flavour is sweet malts with some fruity and floral sweet hoppyness. Finishes citrusy and a bit toffeeish.

cask at reading... dark brown ... thinmtan head .. soft d*rk fruit noise ... soft roast ... mellow bitter roast ... melllow roast ... juicy ...decent