Cask at the Sussex Arms, Twickenham Green - 15/09/12. Clear russet/reddish brown with a thin white head that soon thins. Sweet caramel malts on the nose, toffee, plums, a little wood. Tastes of caramel, toffee, dark fruits. Medium body with moderate carbonation and a bitter finish. Decent enough drop and would re-visit.

Bottle at Chris O’s pre-GBBF shindig 2012. Amber pour with a white head. Tangerine and pineapple aroma. Sweet spice and citrus flavour.

Bottled@chriso pre-gbbf shindig 2012. Amber colour with a small off-white head. Aroma is caramel, fruity, mild nutty notes along with some slight oxidation. Flavour is caramel malts, sweet fruits and some mild oxidated notes. Still quite nice though.

Cask-conditioned at the Bag O’Nails, Bristol 9/08/2012. Deep gold with a slick of a white head. Sweet, caramel and citrus fruit aroma. Flavour was also sweet, with some cereal notes, apricots and moderately bitter finish. Ok.

Cask dispense at the Half Moon, Windlesham (Feb ’12). Pours a dark mahogany brown with a thin beige / off-white head. Chocolate, roasted malts and dried fruit aroma. Well balanced flavours in the taste, molasses, dried fruits, a little spice, slighty musty tasting, biscuity and roasted malts in the background with a hint of chocolate and coffee. I enjoyed the mouthfeel of this beer, carbonation quite moderate with a slightly burnt/smoked flavour in the aftertaste with a sour edge. Overall a very pleasant winter beer that warms the palate.

(Cask at Kitty’s, 20120606) The beer poured deep amber and clear. Its head was small, dense, long lasting and white. Aroma had grass, mildly sourness, malts and toffee. Palate was medium bodied with low carbonation. Flavours were malts, toffee, sweetness, grass, sourness and bitterness. Aftertaste was sweet and bitter. Etiher the cask had gone bad or the this beer is just not good.

cask at egham ... dark black ... thin tan head ... light sweeet blackcurrant fruit ... light charcoal bitter... sweet malts... soft toffee ... litle too caramel toffee ... hint of sourness in l.inger

28/3/2012. Cask at The Green Dragon Spring Ale Festival, Croydon.

Cask. Frothy lightbrown fair mostly deminishing head. Black colour. Heavy malty and light hoppy roasted/burnt aroma. Heavy bitter flavor. NIce roast/licorice notes. Long heavy bitter finish. Creamy palate.