Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask at Smithfield, Derby Pours a dark reddish brown with a small cream head. Distinctive aroma of oats and cream cakes. In the mouth the texture is creamy, with taste being mainly dark fruits and dark chocolate. Some hints of liquorice too and an underlying sweetness. A dry and fruity finish to round things off. A nice and complex beer which takes some appreciating.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle from the Northumberland Beer Box. Aroma of ginger. Medium brown. No head. Light-medium bitter. Hints of sweetness. Ginger spice. Low key doughiness. Soda-esque. Light-medium bodied. Thin. Low key fizzy carbonation. Dry slightly astringent finish. Nice enough.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle from Northumbrian Gifts. Appearance - clear pale golden. Fluffy white head. Nose - malt bag, very dry muesli. General lack of fruit. Taste - better than nose. Something lemon, almost pinepple. Still a heavy dry malt/bready presence. Palate - light bodied, creamy/tangy middle. Tangy finish. Overall - so so.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from Northumbrian Gifts. Appearance - deep but bright amber. Nice white head. Nose - faint bit of cake. Taste - hazelnuts, cake again. Palate - light bodied and fairly balanced on the finish. Very drinkable. Overall - decent.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle shared with Ashton McCobb. Pours clear copper with thick white head. Aromas of light sweet malt, faint fruity hops. Taste has a hint of nuttiness, light bitter finish. Solid.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

500ml bottle, bottled on 16th Apr 2020 and consumed at home on 18th Jul 2020. Struggled with this. Unclear dirty amber, no head or life to the brew, slight ginger and bready nose, taste also bread and ginger like in nature. Just a bit weird and not too my liking.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Third by hand-pulled cask at GBBF Winter, Jewellers Bar. Shared with Finn. Patchy surface leaving lacing rings down the glass. Opaque copper coloured body. Moderate smell of earthy, brown malts. Bread-like malty flavours, mid-sweet. Distant mid-dry, bittersweet end. Accepted. (Birmingham 05.02.2020).

cask at the bow bar... copper... thin white lacing. soft spicy ginger.. soft malt nose.. Light thin fruit.. soft sweet ginger jam... soft fruits

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

15/2/2020. Bottle from CentrAle, Newcastle, sample courtesy of saxo & Rasmus40. Poured clear pale amber with a small bubbly off-white head. Aroma of light ginger, toast, caramel and a touch of coriander. Medium sweetness and light bitterness. Soft to flat carbonation. Biscuit finish.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Sample thanks to Rasmus and Saxo: Poured a coppery with off white head. Aroma is perfume floral, ginger and malts. Taste is light grain, malty, ginger.