Gravity cask at the Bree Louise. Pours a dark, ruby-brown with a very mild film. Sweet aroma with roasty malts, tobacco and caramel. Pretty standard flavor, not overly roasty, sweet with straight sugar, some minerality, slightly astringent bitterness. Light to medium in body with very fine carbonation. Finishes a bit sweet and I need to struggle to pick up the charred, roasted malts. If there was a bit more burnt wood or something I would like this better. As it is I like the beer but the roastiness/sweetness mix seems tipped in favor of sweetness. Good stuff, could be better.

21st January 2011
On tap at the Rake. Clear gold beer. Tiny white head. Light crisp palate. Decent orange marmalade hops that are also a little spicy and with an apple like acidity. Finishes dry and crisp. Bitter aftertaste. Liked it but young Nate2G almost spat this out! Oh well - can’t please everyone!

21st January 2011
On tap at the Rake. Clear gold beer, tiny white head. Light semi crisp and semi dry palate. Nice light beer with a touch of creamy malt. Nice vibrant citrus orange with a blooming bitterness. Crisp finish. Lingering bitter aftertaste. Great flavour for it’s modest abv.

3rd December 2010
Pigs Ear. Hazy darkish brown beer. Good suddy tan head. Smooth semi dry palate. Sweetish malt. A little licorice and a trace of bubblegum. Smooth semi dry finish. Good drinkable beer.

1st December 2010
Pigs Ear. Clear brown beer, ghost of a white head. Light palate, light coca cola and milk chocolate. A little licorice. Some repressed fruit. Semi dry finish. As Leighton said - vaguely Pumpkin beer like. Not bad though.

1st December 2010
Pigs Ear. Clear and somewhat dark gold beer. Semi dry palate. Sweet light toffee malt. Well balanced with some piney bitter hops. Really well joined up. Lovely sweet and bitter vibe going on. Semi dry finish. Could drink loads of this.

Cask at the Pig’s Ear BF 2010. Pours dark amber-brown with a filmy head. Rich pumpkin and spice aroma with some malts. Very sweet flavor, tons of pumpkin, nutmeg and other "winter" spices, and some bread. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Spicy finish with nutmeg and cinnamon, pumpkin, bread and ginger, and light bitterness. Pretty damn good. I liked it. (3.9)

Bottle during the High Speed Tasting Pt. II on the train back to London. I bought this one at Cotteridge Wines. It was a MASSIVE gusher. Pours cloudy brown with a light, off-white cream head. Spices in the nose, some brown bread. Medium sweet flavor with nice wintery spices, nutmeg. Light to medium bodied with fine, average carbonation. It’s a tasty, spicy winter ale. But a fuckin’ awful gusher it was too. (3.6)

Cask (gravity) @ The 16th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2010, Reading, Berkshire England.Clear medium to dark amber color with a average, frothy and open, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, dark malt, dark berries, raisin, light alcohol. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter with a long duration, dark berries, alcohol warm. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat to soft, finish feel is moderate alcoholic. [20100430]

Cask (gravity) @ The 16th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2010, Reading, Berkshire England.Clear medium to dark amber color with a average, frothy and open, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - roasted, chocolate notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration, nutty, malty. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100430]

Cask at the Pig’s Ear BF 2010. Ruby-gold pour with a light film. Rich malts, toast and dark, citrus hops in the aroma. Medium to big sweetness, with some strawberry and citrus, nice malt tones, earthy bitters. Light to medium in body with fine carbonation. Good citrus and light earth hops in the finish, along with some very faint roasty, bready malts. Overall a solid beer.