Cask at Tennent’s Bar, Glasgow. A dark amber beer with a thick beige head. The aroma is sweet malty with primary notes of caramel. The flavor is sweet malty with strong notes of caramel, leading to a dry and lightly bitter nutty finish.

<i>Cask at Tennent’s Bar, Glasgow. </i> Amber colour. Aroma of fusels and raspberry esters. Medium sweet with syrupy, mushy mouthfeel,. No bitterness. Dominated by aceton and higher alcohols, which isn’t a good thing...

From cask at Tennents. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Mild acidic yet also dark caramel malty aroma. Light note of overripe fruity flavours mixed with a solid caramel malty base flavour. Smooth caramel malty finish with a light bitterness showing through.

Cask handpull at White Horse, Parson’s Green. Very deep red with thin beige head. Lovely malt fruit flavour. Bit of harsh nettle. Nice, but could be better, lacks intensity and a bit too nettley for me.

Clear dark caramel coloured ale covered by an off-white 1cm head. Poorly conditioned or plain bad beer as soured and rather acetic and herbal flavours dominate the aroma. This was from a Tennent’s pub mind you, so you would expect it to be in good condition. In mouth, a caramelly toastiness peaks through, but quickly, grapeyness that is not as much vinous as oxidized sherry-like dominates and leave us expecting an upcoming dryness that never comes.