UPDATED: AUG 23, 2023 500ml bottle. Pours clear amber with a white head. Aroma of malt and hops. Toffee taste. Bitter finish.

UPDATED: FEB 14, 2023 Malty aroma. Pours clear amber. Hardly any head. Nice caramel malts. Mildly bitter. Somewhat sweet.

UPDATED: DEC 21, 2022 50cl bottle from Purple Moose (Betws Y Coed) Medium off white head. Clear amber pour. Light bitterness

UPDATED: SEP 23, 2022 Bottle online from Beers Of Europe. Pours a clear deep copper colour with a one finger creamy beige head. Aromas of dark fruits, caramel, toasty brown bread and biscuits. Taste has more dark fruits (red berries), caramel, toasty brown bread and biscuits with an added touch of roasted malts and nuts. Very malty with an earthy hop hanging on the finish. Thin to medium body, low carbonation and smooth oily mouthfeel. Very decent beer with good flavour for the low abv.

UPDATED: AUG 31, 2022 Purple Moose Madogs Ale 3.7%. Dark amber, dark caramel malt aroma, medium bodied, dark caramel malt, apples, nutty finish. Pleasant Bitter from Porthmadog, Gwynedd 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

UPDATED: JUN 5, 2022 Great malty caramelly beginning. Easy to drink, fruity with roasted grain. Nice refreshing malt, caramel and hazelnuts. Very dry with a nice roasted bitter finish. Great stuff.

UPDATED: MAR 10, 2022 Cask at Hogshead, Wolverhampton. Pours a bright chestnut with a small off-white head and good lacing. There are autumn fruits to be detected in the aroma. In the mouth it is sweet and fruity, with apples and peaches plus hints of caramel. Overall a vague maltiness at first, but that becomes a slight hoppiness later. Finish is slightly dry. Nice and drinkable – plenty of taste for its ABV.

UPDATED: OCT 6, 2021 Bottle, multipack from brewery. Attractive chestnut colour, thin white head. A pretty well balanced bitter, and a sensible abv. Could quite happily quaff a few.

UPDATED: JUL 6, 2021 Bottle - clear, copper with thin white head. Slightly fruity caramel malts. Slightly fizzy mouthfeel. Malty, mild fruity - bit watery finish

UPDATED: APR 5, 2021 Cask half at The Coal Orchard (JDW), Taunton March 2020. Pours clear copper with a beige cap. Aroma: malts, bread, floral. Taste: light sweet & moderate bitter, malts, hedgerow berries, twigs. Medium body with tight carbonation. Just OK