Murky orange amber with a decent off white cap. Nose is beechwood, smoked malts, frazzles, light spice, lapsang Souchong, straw. Taste comprises smoked malts, fruit esters, biscuit malt, spice, lapsang souchong, oak. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a smoky linger. Decent smoked affair, fairly full on but drinkable.

Bottle split at Chris & Ruth’s pre GBBF Shindig, 07/08/16. Hazed amber orange with a decent light beige cap. Nose is citric sherbets, bread dough, straw, grains. Taste comprises caramel, bread, straw, light orange, apricot. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with light hop bitterness. Ok.

Bottle shared at the pre GBBF chriso’s tasting day 2 07/08/2016. Many thanks! A brown toffee, caramel coloured pour with a lasting thin white head. Aroma is lemon, tropical fruits, mango, peach, brown. Bread. Flavour is composed of midget gem. Flavour is composed of of nutty brown, tropical peach and mango. Palate is medium sweet. Frothy,

Bottle thanks to Ashton McCobb. Pours hazy amber with a thin white head. Aromas of light citrus and tropical fruit. Taste is more of the same. Creamy texture, light bitter finish.

Bottle from Oddbins. Appearance - hazy golden amber with a nice fluffy head. Nose - citrus and a hint of tropical. Taste - oranges and again something tropical which I can’t quite decide upon. Palate - light to medium bodied with a creamy texture and a long dry finish. Overall - how do you make an amber ale more tasty? Make an APA and call it an amber ale. Good though!

Pre-gbbf-shinding. Leicht trübes dunkel goldenes Bier mit geringen weißen schaumkrone. Geruch mild grasig trocken hopfig, grapefruit. Geschmack mild hopfig, Mandarinen, grapefruit, süffig.

Bottle at home in London - picked up at Oddbins Notting Hill. Pours unclear gold/deep gold with a creamy, off-white head. Lovely aroma, with a hint of piney dankness, some pale bread, ripening orange. Light-medium sweet flavour with sturdy pale malt base, traces of toasted sugar, gooey orange and tangerine, restrained piney bitterness. Light to medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Finishes with further bready sugars, some biscuit, tangerine meringue, low bitterness, faint white grape. Not as ’ambery’ as I would expect of the style - not a good or bad thing, I suppose. Could do with a bit more bitterness, though. Overall, enjoyable and drinkable stuff.

Bottle at home in London - picked up at an Oddbins waaaaay back when. The BB 11/2014, so this is an oldie. But at first sniff, it seems to have a lot of kick still. It pours totally clear reddish gold with a frothy, off-white head. The festive spices leap out of the glass, with strong notes of cinnamon and nutmeg, along with all spice, light potpourri, all underscored with toasted crackers and with accents of ripening berries. Interesting flavour. There’s lots more somewhat drying spice character, with slightly tangy berries, some oxidation-suggesting caramel notes, toasted bread. Light bodied with average carbonation. Finishes with further berry twang, toasted bready malts, perfume, drying nutmeg and cinnamon, subtle earthy bitterness. Well, the spice character is pretty-full on and, to be honest, is just a bit too strong in the aftertaste. It’s all somewhat reminiscent of accidentally inhaling some perfume after someone (perhaps oneself) has sprayed it. For novelty, good marks, but for drinkability, this one suffers a bit.

Growler from Oddbins Beer Shop, Blackheath. Hazy amber pour with a white head. Tropical fruit and sweet citrus aroma. Citrus, nuts and toffee in the flavour. Light bitter finish.