Cask at the Old Manor (JDW), Bracknell. Golden amber with a loose white head; aroma of sour grains; sweet grainy body with some sharp apple flavours and a somewhat sour finish.

Cask at the Victory Inn, Brighton. It pours golden amber with a small white head. The nose is toasty, grain, hay, biscuit, flour and hob nobs. The taste is crisp, bitter, dough, juicy citrus, toast, light soap and white grape skin with a dry finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. A decent golden ale.

Cask@Pratts and Payne, Streatham, London - Golden yellow coloured pour with small white head. Slight floral fruity, sweet grainy malts, straw, grass, medium bitter finish.

Cask at the Le Gothique’s Halloween Beer Festival 2013. Poured a dark brown colour with a medium beige head. Aroma of dark fruit, caramel and banana essence. A slightly sharp acidic flavour first off followed by apples and brown sugar. Finish was nutty with some cinnamon and roasted malt.

Cask Gravity at the Green Dragon, Croydon. It pours deep brown with a small off-white head. The nose is earth, roasty, toast, cola, dark fruit, blackcurrant and strawberry jam. The taste is bitter-sweet, dark fruit, berry, treacle, liquorice, wood and light bitterness with a dry finish. Medium body and soft carbonation. Nice fruity character. Tasty.

One-third pint, gravity cask at The Great British Beer Festival 2013, day 3. Bubbly ring to the rim of the glass. Clear amber coloured body. Fruit caramel on the nose. Joint flavour profile of leafy hops and mid-sweet caramel, lightly jam impression. Plain bitter endnotes. On par with the style (London Olympia 15.08.2013).

14th August 2013
GBBF Day 2. Light haze on this amber beer. No real head. Light dry palate. Little dry insipid marmalade. Dry finish. Meh!

Cask at the Half Moon, Windlesham, 27/07/13. Clear dark golden amber with a thin white head that clears to the edgeing. The nose, whilst not unpleasant in any way, is a little on the thin side. Summer fruits, toasty malts, light berry fruits. Taste comprises light hops, orange, sugar, summer fruits, light toasted malts. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, dryish finish with light bitterness. Ok drinkable affair, not unpleasant in any way and quite refreshing on the warm summer evening that it was, however it veers into the yawn side of GB’s, the blandometer was inching into amber!

Cask (gravity) @ Cambridge Winter Ale Festival 2013, at the University Social Club, Mill Lane, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England CB2 1RX.Clear medium orange yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, fruity, light to moderate hoppy, citrus, citrus peel. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a long duration, sweet malt citrus peel. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130119]

Cask (gravity) @ 29th Pigs Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2012, at The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, England.Clear medium to dark orange amber color with a average, open and frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white silver head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, fruity, spiced, nutty notes, light to moderate yeasty, light plum. Flavor is moderate sweet and light moderate bitter with a average to long duration, wood, spiced. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20121204]