Cask at the St. Albans Beer Festival 2017. Clear ruby. Aroma of tinned fruit and straw. The flavour is initially sweet and then becomes incredibly dry and bitter. Not altogether balanced and the alcohol is a bit too prominent.

Grain and cereal malts, bread, sweet citrus fruits, orange, wet straw. Clear gold, small, frothy, white head. Medium bitter. More sweet citrus fruits, grapefruit with some bitterness, grass, more grain and cereal malts, flat carbonation, medium bodied, bitter finish. Nice ESA, intense, rich, well-balanced. Cask at CBC,Islington.

Cask at CBC, Covent Garden on 9th January 2017. Copper with shallow off-white foam and full lacing. Intense hoppy and pungent aroma. Sweet malts, and a rich-and-intense fruitiness in-mouth with abundant sweet tangerine, zesty orange and fine grapefruit. A tangy citrus, velvety finish. Full bodied with a zingy mouthfeel. Exquisite.

Half Pint on keg at Cheltenham Real Ale Festival. Pours copper with small off-white head. Hoppy, toffee and woody aroma. Very flavourful taste, sweet and bitter but well balanced.

Cask at the Peterborough beer festival 27/08/2016. A clear dark amber copper coloured pour with a a laying loose off white head. Aroma is rustic toffee, tangy green apple, raisin, brambles, grassy. Flavour is composed of toffee malts, caramel, brambles and English hedgerow hop, little jammy fruits, raw grains. Palate is medium full bodied, sticky, grainy tannin, good cask condition yup. Good one.

Cask, 1/2 pint, hand-pulled at State Bar, Glasgow, earthy, toffee aroma, deep amber with a thin off-white head and very good film of lacing, earthy, caramel, pine, some fruit, bitter aftertaste.

Tri d at the Cardinals hat, lincoln. Deep amber to ruby colour with a thin off white head. Aroma has stewed fruit, citrus, and caramel. Taste is sweet caramel, body has alcohol medium body low carbonation.

Cask at The George, Croydon. Doesn’t look like this one has been around for a while! It pours clear rich mahogany brown with a thick white head. The aroma is rich, wood, leather, fruit cake, raisin, sultana, touch of bubblegum even, light spice and resin. The taste is smooth, wood, leather, brown bread, resin, marmalade, touch of spice, touch of citrus peel and toffee with a dry, wood finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Well rounded and drinks rather easy. I am a fan.

Cask (gravity) @ 27th Pigs Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2010, at The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, England.

Clear medium to dark amber colour with a small to average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, orange - citrus, moderate grapefruit, fruity. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20101202]

1st December 2010
Pigs Ear. Clear brown beer. Residual white head. Dry palate, low carbonation. Tiny bit of toffee malt. Well integrated dried fruit hop. Tangy and fresh. Very nice.