UPDATED: OCT 18, 2023 Tap @ The Standing Order - JD Wetherspoons, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. Copper colour with a thin white head. Aroma is malt, straw, hints of toffee. Taste is malt, sweet, bread, toffee, slightly nutty. Medium body, average carbonation.

UPDATED: OCT 1, 2023 Cask at Prince of Wales, Cardiff. A very dark reddish-to-mahogany pour, rather hazy, with a minimal (but present) tan head. Aroma is caramel, red berries, gym locker-room, sweat. Sweatish onset, watery sip, rather bland. Abrupt, bitterless finish.

UPDATED: SEP 11, 2023 Feb, 2007 London Pub, Russell Square Gentle brown sugar, toffee and fruit. A little rub of tanginess in the finish. Very pleasant. [3.5] Aug, 2006 Who’d A Thought It, Rochester. Gentle, full, fruity, touches of toffee. A very pleasant and enjoyable pint. Not great. Not wow. But damn nice. [3.4] Dec, 2003 The Hope & Anchor, Islington. Smooth and pleasant. [3.6] June, 2003. Kings Head, Rochester. Excellent condition. Fruity with a lovely hoppy dance which is clean and citric. [3.8] Dec, 2002 Lower Bell, Blue Bell Hill. This is A Greene King pub, and CAMRA recommended, so it’s a little disappointing that the beer is not in prime condition. [2.6] Aug, 2002 The Eagle, Rochester. Superbly well kept. A heavenly beer. [3.8] Jan 2002. Greene King are not the most loved of Britain’s brewers due to their aggressive policy of buying up other brewers and asset stripping for the most profitable brands and pubs. Yet, as far as brewing beer is concerned, they are a decent enough company, taking care to brew to reasonably high standards. The quality of the ingredients can be clearly tasted. But what does lack in Abbot - a beer that Greene King have brewed since the 1950’s - is a distinctive feature or character that encourages enthusiastic praise. It’s a malty brew as is appropriate for a beer termed an Ale - though it does have enough hops to provide bite and balance. The malts are toffee sweet with gently tangy fruit flavours. It is in the sum of the parts, and the embracing harmony and warmth, that this beer really shines. There is something slow and radiant here - something like a lazy Sunday - that seduces and relaxes. And the Sunday feel is appropriate given that the beer is brewed for seven days so that is always 'blessed by the Sabbath' as the brewery says. Abbot Ale - heavenly! [3.8]

UPDATED: AUG 19, 2023 Light lemon and some mash malt. Dark copper pour with ok head. Light tangy finish. Cask.

UPDATED: JUL 12, 2023 Al naso, forte miele. Perlage assente, testa assente, leggero sapore di castagne e legno affumicato, miele anche al gusto

UPDATED: MAY 8, 2023 Pint from the cask at The Georgian, Alderney. Pours amber with a white head. Aromas & tastes of fruits, caramel & malt. Medium body. Malty finish

UPDATED: APR 18, 2023 Cask draft at Khyber Pass. Translucent copper pour with a large off-white head. Big medium caramel malts. Some Band-Aid in the nose. Mix of fruity flavors. Fresh/dried apricots. Plums/prunes. Red grapes/raisins. Bread crusts. Spring onions. Some peppery hops to semi-dry the finish. The unfiltered cask version brings down the syrupy/gumminess in the body.

UPDATED: MAY 3, 2023 Wetherspoons in Richmond, North Yorkshire. Good looking mahogany coloured pint. Caramel and malt. A decent balance of simple flavours.

UPDATED: MAR 12, 2023 Handpump in the Osborne. Amber, offwhite creamy head. Bisquit and honey notes, a hint of pear and solvent, herbal hops.

UPDATED: JAN 21, 2023 Thin off white head on a clear copper coloured body. Malt & caramel aroma. Medium bodied, smooth creamy & soft on the tongue. Malt, nutty, Crunchie Bar, toffee & sweet caramel tastes. Lovely on Cask.