Cask @ GBBF, Birmingham. Small head with short duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are yeast, fruits, alcohol, malt and hops. Sweet and powerful. Nice.

Cask @ GBBF Winter, Birmingham. Clear dark brown with a small off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and roasted malt. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet and light bitter finish. 080220

8/2/2020. From cask at the Great British Winter Beer Festival, Birmingham. Pours clear mid to dark brown with a small off-white head. Aroma of hops, dried fruit, light roasted malt, coffee and chocolate. Moderate sweetness and medium bitterness. Moderate to medium body, slight oily texture, soft carbonation. Pretty good, seems like a decent brewer on the basis of the two just had from them.

Cask @ GBBF Winter, Birmingham. Almost black with a small beige head. Aroma is sweet, malty, roasted malt and light hoppy - pine. Flavor is quite sweet and moderate bitter. Dry and moderate bitter finish. 080220

8/2/2020. From cask at the Great British Winter Beer Festival, Birmingham. Pours very dark brown with a small beige head. Aroma of coffee, toffee, roasted malt and dark fruit. Moderate sweetness and medium roasted bitterness. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation. Slightly medicinal finish, though not in a bad way. Enjoyable.

Cask @ GBBF, Birmingham. Small head with short duration. Color is dark brown. Aroma and taste are rich bitter hops, roast malt, caramel, nuts and has a nice long bitter finish.

Cask @ GBBF, Birmingham. Small head with short duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are caramel, roast malt, chocolate, hops and has a nice long bitter finish.

Cask (gravity) @ NWAF 2015, National Winter Ales Festival (2015), The Roundhouse, Pride Park, Derby, Derbyshire, England, DE24 8JE. [ As Wessex Beast of Zeals ].Clear dark brown color with a small, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, dark malt, sweet malt. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter bitter with a long duration, sugary, dark malt, chocolate, roasted, sweet malt, woody notes. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20150213] 7-3-7-3-14

Cask (gravity) @ NWAF 2015, National Winter Ales Festival (2015), The Roundhouse, Pride Park, Derby, Derbyshire, England, DE24 8JE. [ As Wessex Stourton Pale Ale ].Clear medium yellow color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, light hoppy, citrus. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration,citrus, fruity, pale malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20150213] 6-2-6-3-12