The Garland, Redhill. Amber pint domed with bathfoam. Burton sulphur, peppery hop, touch of apple fruit on snout. Caramel, earthily fruity hop, chalky smoothness. Op-Ale? Drinks like a bottled Belgian ale of modest strength - plenty of mellow English hop character and dusty sherbet fruit from the yeast. Sulphur throughout. Assertively bitter finish lingering with vanilla malty afters. Big flavour at 3.5. Tasty sessions, nothing special.

Cask at The John Harvey Tavern, 12th April 2008. Amber in colour and still with a flowery, grassy hop aroma. Dry and hoppy on the tongue, in the same way as Sussex Best. Nice weight - perfect for sessioning.

Cask at the Wenlock Arms as Harveys Hadlow. Deep amber colour with a stable little offwhite head. Caramel and earthy hop aroma. Earthy flavours, some grass and solid bitterness. Lingering aftertaste. Light-bodied. An unpretentious bitter that delivers the goods.

Cask conditioned - handpump - Lord Nelson, Brighton. An amber coloured beer with white lacing. The aroma is typical Harveys. Peppery hops. Same with the taste. Harveys can do little wrong with their cask beers for me, and even though this is not one of their better beers, it’s still excellent. More alcohol would be a help, but this is deliberately just 3.5%.

Cask (handpump) @ Wenlock Arms, Islington, London N1, UK. Clear medium amber color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is light malty, roasted, light yeasty. Flavor is moderate sweet and light light bitter with a average to short duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is soft to flat. (311207)