6.4

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

Bottle thanks to Leighton. It pours clear amber with a small off-white head. The nose is toasty, cracker, brown bread, stewed oranges, tangerine and dull sherbet. The taste is crisp, toasty, earth, wood, grainy, caramel, oily orange and grapefruit rind with a dry finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Not bad. OK amber.

6.4

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

Bottle shared at Leightons pre Christmas tasting. Very clear pale golden coloured pour with a halo of loose white head. Aroma is dirty straw, hedgerow hop, sweet toffee, little diacetyl. Flavour is composed of grassy hop leaf, lemon, nutty with a little toffee. Palate is medium light, highish carbonatiuon. Lingering grassy hop .

6.5

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

Bottle shared in London. Pours well clear gold with a bubbly, frothy white head. The nose is doughy pale malts, very slight butter, tangerine. Light sweet flavor with grainy pale malts, hay, ripe lemon. Light bodied with average carbonation. Finishes with more grainy pale malts, lemon rind, hay, dough. Pretty fine overall.

6.5

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

Bottle shared at Leightons pre Christmas tasting. Clear orangey/ light amber coloured pour with a small white halo of head. Aroma is toffee, caramel malts with a little diacetyl and hedgerow hop. Flavour is composed of light orange and hedgerow hop, little toffee. Dry chalky palate with a touch of sweetness. Lingering hedgerow and berry hop Highish carbonation.

6.6

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

Bottle shared in London. Pours totally clear amber-gold with a frothy white head. The nose has nips of caramel, bread, ripe orange. Light to medium sweet flavor with some piney hops, ripe orange, leaves, dry caramel, grains. Light bodied with fine to average carbonation. Decent balance on the finish, with lightly toasted malts, pine, grainy bread, moderate citrus. Not bad.

6.2

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

Bottle, split at Chris and Ruth’s, 07/09/14. Clear golden with moderately appointed off white spotting and edgework. Nose is bitter citrics, pale malt, tangy orange, lemon rind, Taste comprises melon, caramel malt, bitter orange, light bread dough. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with light hop bitterness in the close. So so for the style, lacks hop presence.

5.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

330ml bottle. Clear, orangey golden colour with average, frothy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, off-white head. Light citrusy hoppy aroma, grainy background. Taste is initially slightly sweet pale malty, flat bitter and minimally citrusy hoppy, a touch of gooseberry; bitter and chalky finish. Light, flat, slightly watery.

5

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

From London Beer Market and drunk at home. Clear gold lasting off white head. Oooh lovely diacetyl on the aroma.. It’s ok in the mouth, clean. Some hop on the finish, but the buttery diacetyl is all over this beer I am afraid. Lasting light bitterness on the finish. I’m a straight up pale ale with diacetyl.

7

Bottle at Craig's.

7

Bottle at Craig's.