Bottled, 500ml from Chatsworth Farm Shop, Pilsley, Derbs. Dark red brown with white head. Rich roasted malty sweetish beer, fruity, plummy, sultanas. There is a hoppy, bitter finish. Decent beer.

Bottled, Bakewell Farmers Market, Xmas 2006. Deep (red), (not) crisp and even so it’s still a solid kind of ESB. Nothing remarkable but with a thick, rich malt that has the right level of clinginess at that time of year.

Bottle, at the Renaissance Hotel, South Normanton. Ruby red with a thick off-white head; rich roasted malt aroma with a touch of raisin; dry and fruity in the mouth, full-bodied and warming; a long lingering bitter aftertaste.

Bottle, from Stables Farm Shop, Melton Ross. Deep chestnut red, almost black, thin shortlived white head and gentle condition. Low toffee sweetness and vaguely smoky aromas, quite dry and bitter in the mouth with some smoky burnt toast notes and a distant sweetness, dry and burnt in the finish.

A dark brown coloured beer with reddish tints and a thick off white head. A rich, roasted malt nose, chocolatey, caramel and liquorice. The taste is bitter, malty, with coffee, chocolate, caramel and liquorice flavours, and a lingering bitter finish. (Bottle - courtesy of Mark & Marie @ The Fox & Hounds, Heacham, Norfolk).