Cask, handpump from The Hop Pole, Aylesbury, Bucks 5th July 2012 Pours black, pitch black with creamy beige head. Roasty aroma and the taste is also roasty with a burntness and dry edge. Bitter & roasty, I like this because of the lack of sweetness, one of the very best yet from Aylesbury Brewhouse. Good temperature, great nick, good beer. A7 A4 T8 P4 Ov16 3.9

Cask@Reading Beer Festival 2012. Golden colour, small head. Aroma is fruits, floral and some mild sweet wooden notes. Flavour is toffee, fruits, some floral and nectary notes. Endning with some mild honey notes.

Cask, handpump at The Hop Pole, Aylesbury 24.05.12 Dark brown with a tan head. Some nice smooth chocolate initially, quite smooth with light roasted notes and a dab of nuttiness, slight lingering sweetness, pretty good. A6 A4 T7 P3 Ov13 3.3

Cask at the Bree Louise, London. Pours clear red-orange with a faint, white foam head. Nice and citrusy hop nose with orange and lemon notes. Light to medium sweet flavor with juicy orange, light pineapple, some toasty straw and light pale malts. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Fairly sweet on the finish, lightly tangy with juicy citrus and mild straw. A pretty nice APA.

Gravity cask at the Bree Louise, London. Pours clear brown with a small, foamy head. Nice chocolate nose with a bit of dirt. Light sweet flavor with mostly dusty cocoa, some dirt and mild coffee, along with faint leafy bitters. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Basic finish, lightly sweet, lightly dry with some baking cocoa and mild dirt. Fine mild. (3.3)

Cask at the Reading Beer Festival 2012. Pours clear brown with a foamy white head. Lovely toast and chocolate in the nose, some dark bread. Nice flavor, lightly sweet with some dark sugars, faint chocolate, mild berries. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Good condition. Moderately sweet finish with dark bread, toasty sugar, light cocoa and faint toasted leaves. Pretty classic mild. (3.7)

Cask@Reading Beer Festival 2012. black colour, small white head. Aroma is nuttym caranekkym toasted and wooden notes with some mild smoke as well. Flavour is nutty, fruity, liquorice sweetness as well as mild floral and ripe dark fruityness.

Cask@Reading Beer Festival. Rubyish amber colour with a small head. Aroma is caramel, fruits, some slight spicy notes along with ripe fruits. Flavour is raisins, fruits, some mild earth and liquorice as well.

Cask-conditioned at Bucks and Berks Beeriodical, Seven Stars, Bristol May 2012. Near black with a decent tan head. Coffee notes dominated this porter, with a touch of chocolate, and a suggestion of sourness in the finish. Good.

Cask, gravity at The Hop Pole, Aylesbury, brewery shop 17.05.12 thanks to Ollie Pours reddy brown with a few skittery bubbles across the surface. Initially malty with a background hoppiness. Seems quite robust and assertive and quite different to the Plain Indulgence Porter that I have just had. To be fair it isn’t trying to be anything other than an fair stab at a UK interpretation of a ’stateside red ale’ according to the blurb, I cannot say that I am that familiar with the style but the beer is nonetheless very pleasant. A6 A4 T7 P4 Ov13 3.4

Cask@Reading Beer Festival 2012. Golden colour, small white head., Aroma is fruits, wood, caramel, earth and some mild hoppy notes. Flavour is quite similar in a good balances. Quite floral notes in the finish.