I was pleased to have been introduced to this stellar British brew at the Old Bag of Nails Pub while consuming a complimentary also stellar British meal of their legendary fish and chips. This brew pours a clear sparkling pure copper. The tight creamy off-white head is titanic, with very good lacing and is fully lasting. The deep aroma is primarily caramel and spicy dried fruit, but the subtleties are endless. The exquisite flavor is super rich like a fine cheesecake; raisins, dates, anise and more, much more. Perfect complexity and balance. The finish is long and rewarding. The palate is creamy and soft with a full body and a dry finish. In a word perfect. If I was on death row and granted a last meal, this is what I would be washing it down with. Orgasmic.

OK I am biassed, I live in Chiswick, but this beer is just so scrummy you cannot resist it. As a Northern Englishman I had never tasted caramel style beers like this when I moved to London - I was blown away. The bottled & can versions are a ghost of the draught.

A truly tremendous beer !!!! Probably the smoothest beer I have ever drunk. It’s light enough to want to drink it all night long. The best English beer i have ever had !! Cheers !!!!

500 mL can: Finally, a decent bitter/ale in a can from these parts. I hope people buy it so the LCBO doesn’t have to discontinue it . . . where would I be without this? Nice soft amber & copper colour with medium head, great lacing on glass. Slightly sweet, malty, fruity with some stronger distinct hops really rounding out the taste. Nice bitter finish but not thin or harsh. This is what you want from an English ale; big flavours but drinkable. No false advertising here: it is a "smooth & astonishing complex beer." Better than Tetley’s awful can. Excellent with food and flavours intensify as it warms (nuttier, sweeter finish). Smooth for an ale. This and Wychwood’s Hobgoblin are the fruitiest, smoothest bitters available right now, along with John Bull’s Best Bitter which is no slouch either.

This is a great, drinkable bitter. It is a deep, faintly reddish amber with a decent, off-white head that dissipates steadily at first but leaves a permanent medium head for the rest of the drink, along with some fairly nice, even lace. It is incredibly balanced and smooth, with few individual elements junping out at you but all blending incredibly well. There is a faint fruitiness and faint vanilla note in the final finish, but the bottom line is that this has a perfectly smooth, drinkable and balanced aroma and taste that scream "beer."