Bottle 500ml. @ chriso s Pre-GBBF Shindig 2012.Clear dark brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, butter. Flavour is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration, vanilla, chocolate, butter - toffee notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120804] 6-3-6-3-11 Cask (gravity) @ The 18th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2011, Reading, Berkshire England.Clear dark red brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, chocolate, dusty, light vanilla. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and light bitter with a long to average duration, chocolate, vanilla, cheap vanilla. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120502] 5-3-6-3-11

4th August 2012
ChrisOs Marvellous Pre GBBF Mega Tasting. Clear amber beer, little white head. Light dry palate. Tangy sweet chocolate and vanilla and a fair bit of coffee. Dry finish. Ok.

Gravity dispense at Ascot Racecourse Beer Festival 2012 - 06/10/12. Slightly opaque mahogony brown with a thin tan head. Roast malts at the fore of the nose, chocolate, toffee fudge. Taste follows nose, add dark fruit tones and bitter chocolate. Medium bodied with moderate carbonation leading to a dry finish,

An excellent looking beer, but sadly let down by a flowery taste which leaves an unpleasant after taste, A strange one to be sure.

Cask-conditioned at the Three Tuns, Bristol, September 2012. Amber with a slight, off-white head. Sweet, hedgerow fruit and caramel aroma. Flavour had some earthy malts, apricots and peaches, with a slightly bitter finish. Ok.

23rd July 2012
On tap at the Old Fountain. Light haze on this gold beer, little white head. Palate is smooth with very mild carbonation. A little smooth malt. Mild orange marmalade and grapefruit hops. Touch of ginger and a whisper of apple. Finishes smooth with chilli heat starting to develop. Quite and easy drinking beer despite the spice but the chilli does linger.

Cask at the Merchants Inn, Rugby - 16/05/12. Pale yellow in colour with a very thin white head that soon dissipated. A Lifeless looking beer! Does what it says on the tin - lemon aroma, not a lot else! Tastes of pale malt, a little grain, lemon dominates, a little herb background, a slightly artificial sweet taste akin to splenda . Drinkable I guess but not again thanks!

Cask at the Merchants Inn, Rugby - 16/05/12. Dark brown with a small white head. Roasted notes, dark chocolate and a little vanilla present on the nose. Chocolate and roast malt in the taste, less sign of the vanilla. Lightish bodied, a little to watery. Drinkable.

Cask@GBBF2012. Golden colour, small white head. Aroma is fruity, eggy, grassy and some mild floral notes with mild toffee as well. Flavour is fruity, floral, wooden and grassy with some mild toffeeish notes. Flavour is fruity, floral and grassy with some mild sulphur.

Bottle at Chris O’s pre-GBBF shindig, 2012. Brown pour with an off-white head. Aromas of chocolate ice cream and toffee. Caramel, chocolate and toffee flavour. Ok.