Cask @ 3 Judges. Black colour, beige head. aroma is roasted malts, some coffee, fruits. Falvour of roasted malts and fruits. Light bodied and watery. Surprisingly disappointing finish.

1st November 2008. BBE August 08. Hazy amber beer. Lively beer! Fruity with a little acidity. Dry fruity finish with a trace of spice. Has a vague Belgian feel about it!

Cask-conditioned at the Market Porter, Southwark 14/01/10. Deep gold with next to no head. Slightly spicy earthiness, sweetish malts and a dryish finish. Ok.

Cask @ GBBF 09, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.Clear medium amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, easy roasted, caramel, light to moderate hoppy, grass. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090806]Earlier Rating: 9/6/2007 Total Score: 3.1Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2007, London. [Welsh Mountian IPA]. Light yellow amber color with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, caramel, light to moderate hoppy, flowers, citrus, toffee. Initail flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter, finish flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. (Very mild and smooth) Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is flat.

Cask @ GBBF 09, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.Clear light medium yellow orange color with a small to average, fizzy, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, hay, straw, toasted, caramel, moderate hoppy, grass, lime peel. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090805]Earlier Rating: 12/9/2008 Total Score: 3.2Bottle 50cl. at home.[ As Great Orme Extravaganza Ale ]. Clear light to medium yellow orange color with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, hay, moderate hoppy, grass, orange, citrus, toffee notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium to light, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft. [150908]

On gravity at the Swindon Beer Festival 29/10/09. Near black in colour with no head. Plenty of roastiness, dark chocolate and liquorice with some creamy lactose in the finish. Good.

Cask at GBBF 2009. OK so I entered this whilst listening to Mozart so it put me in a good mood. Clear amber gold. Lasting beige head. Some decent hop on aroma. Bit light in the mouth, but again decent hop on the finish, ok decent golden ale and I do like the beers from Great Orme, probably my favourite Welsh brewery.
Earlier Rating: 9/21/2008 Total Score: 2.8
Cask gravity at Ashford Rugby Club BF 2008. Slight haze, no head. Yeasty, bit of green apple, not quite ready. But some yeasty character, bit more green apple, but actually it’s not all bad.

Clear, yellow-golden body. Floral hoppy to the nose. Velvet smooth taste of grapefruit in flavour developing into a quite nice and prolonged bitter ending. Dry palate. Medium bodied. Alright, but does not raise so much above the average level for the English bitter style (sample from gravicask at the Great British Beer Festival, second day 05.08.2009).

(Cask at GBBF, London Earl’s Court, 6 Aug 2009) Golden colour with brief, white head. Fruity, hoppy nose with notes of citrus, grapefruit and grass. Fruity, hoppy taste with citrus, pineapple, grapefruit and a generous citrussy bitterness in the finish. Medium body, rather sweet. Refreshing and tasty beer with a very nice and fresh hop character.

on tap at the Kilverts in Hay-on-Wye. Deep golden, nearly amber colour with a small head. Hoppy nose. Malty, slightly fruity and pleasantly hoppy in the finish. Not exciting but still nice.