cloudy light orange, smooth white head. flowery and slightly herbal aroma, predominantly flowery. flavor is hoppy, bitter , faint malty, yeasty.

Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of bluebetty. Pours golden with a slight haze and an off-white head. Discreet citrusy hops in the nose. Light body, extremely overcarbonated, dry fruitiness, phenols and again citrusy hops. Flawed and off - I hope. 080911

Pours gold with a large fading head.Nose shows lemony, spicy and floral hops with some soft bready malt in the background.Flavours instead show a grainy, cardboard character, although there is some bready malt underneath along with some more hops. Finishes very dry with a bold bitterness.Carbonation is rather high.

Bottle. Gold with a fluffy white head. Aroma of light honey, spicy hops, some earth and citrus. Fullish body with firm malts, less honey than the aroma, hints of berries and lingering spicy bitterness. A part from the berries, fairly traditional pils of the P. Urquell rather than the Budvar type. Fresh and very good. [3.7]Bottle, about 10C. Another one I still like, it seems (although I did have one on the Tassie ferry a while back that was too cold and too old). Deep gold with a white head that lasts quite well. Quite rich and slightly toasty malt, honey, spicy finish with firm bitterness. Can. Recently released in cans - they’re not as pretty as the bottles but otherwise fine.

33 cL bottle. Pours dark brown to black with a small tan head. Aroma is roasted malty and dry breadish. Thick malty, mild acidic and dark roasted. Bitter, dark malty and roasted breadish. Ends dry malty.

pitch dark, brown head. lots of wood and a little wine in the aroma. Also roasted stuff. flavor is roasted malts, wood , wine, licorice or candy.

Bottle 33 cl. Courtesy of bluebetty. Pours pitch black with a lively black head - very lively actually comes gushing slowly. Lovely oaky aroma atop some hard roast and licorice. Only medium body, fairly dry roast, a little rustic from the barrel probably some bugs in there but also a mellow oakiness and some very bitter dark chocolate. Some malt astringency. But lovely indeed. 150311

Tap. Mild aroma of lemon, bread, cloves, vanilla. Light bodied, slightly bready, some sourish tang, mild spicy finish. Pleasant, refreshing beer that is just a bit too subtle and a bit watery. Like their pale ale, I would have liked this a lot more if it had been the same but more so.

Tap, StK Local Taphouse. Black, dark tan head has sticky lacing. Aroma is of moderate amounts of dark roast, licorice, bitter chocolate, vanilla, coffee and a little woodsmoke. The aroma is nice enough, but rather restrained. Its taste is less restrained, with roasted bitterness, cocoa and lots of vanilla. Very lovely silky texture. There’s no real fruit character (which is why, even though it was listed as imperial stout and there were distinct wood notes, I’m guessing this was not the barrel-aged version). Not sweet at all. A very long, moderately bitter finish is hoppy as well as roasted and has some salt. Tap, Hart’s Pub. 8.5%ABV. Black with a small but dense tan head. Aroma of chocolate, burnt toffee, bourbon, oak, citrus, pine. Sweetness in the taste countered by quite a lot of hop bitterness. Alcohol well hidden. Intense but not brash. Fine beer.

Pours hazy pale amber with a large slowly fading head.Nose shows loads of doughy wheat with plenty of cloves in the background. Very refreshing.Flavours are dominated by more doughy wheat, but there’s also an off-putting grainy note. Some grassy out-of-place hops are present, almost seeming skunky.Body is watery with high carbonation.