UPDATED: OCT 2, 2022 Distinct amber hues color neath an off white small cap of head. Banana nose. Dry halting non bitter watery, crisp mouthfeel and dried fruit taste. Very easy to take down, with an arriving carbonation and gentle warmth. A bit of mass production quality, though no aftertaste and a light finish.

UPDATED: SEP 2, 2022 One of the better American mainstream beers. Fruity flavors are well blended together with a pleasant finish.

UPDATED: JUN 15, 2021 Pours clear golden with a two finger, white head. Aroma is caramel, light hops and bread. Taste is caramel, moving the bread and grassy hops. Finish is the same.

UPDATED: AUG 11, 2020 Quite similar than the UK one. A little more hopy and less cask-like perhaps. Nice to drink and enjoy.

UPDATED: JUN 19, 2020 355ml from Tesco. Approaching this with a wide open mind (really) but it’s important: an 80p cheapie from Tesco but a facet of English beer’s presentation in the US. I want it to taste good. It doesn’t; dissolvable painkillers, bicarbonate, wet tissue, caramel boiled sweets. Aroma better; Allsorts, watered pastis, dried grass, cake. Cask Bass doesn’t rip up trees but does retain some quintessential balance and restraint. The flavour here is unforgivable. Like drinking toilet roll. Embarrassing.

UPDATED: JUN 6, 2020 0,33 litre Bottle from Old Cellar Collection. BBF 2002. Amber with no head. Oxidation, malts, sweetness.

UPDATED: MAR 10, 2020 12 oz bottle. Smell is mostly of malts,caramel and toffee with perhaps a fleeting hint of pine. Dark amber in color and clear. On the sweet side, tastes of toffee with a hint of hops. Sweet finish with a hint of bitter attempting to show through. Guess I am more used to APA's but this was just a touch too rich and sweet for me.

UPDATED: FEB 10, 2020 Bottle from Tesco. Pours clear amber with a thin white head. Aromas of cinder toffee and malt. Taste is astringent malt and toffee. Sweet finish.

UPDATED: JAN 18, 2020 Bottle in the Marlin Club, Avolon, Catalina Island on 8th Jan 2020. Decent Pale Ale all round, got enough hops to battle with the malty base and just about the right blend of bitterness to keep you interested without blowing your head off with too many hops or stupid additives.

UPDATED: DEC 21, 2019 A nice tasty beer, a little watery maybe, but a still enjoyable. I prefer this one tap.