UPDATED: JAN 29, 2022 Cask Handpump at Penny Black, Northwich 05/11/2011 Roast aroma. Beige head. Dark coloured fruity and a little rich on the palate with a hint of bitterness in a dry roast malt finish.

UPDATED: JAN 24, 2022 Pint at Wetherspoons. Smooth and semi sweet. Liquorice, chocolate, toffee malts, dried fruit notes. Hint of sourness

Cask Pint – JDW Fest Autumn 2011 in Oct 2011 - Dark Brown in colour. Malty; mildly roast malts, caramel. Fruity; berry fruit, blackcurrant. Hoppy; lightly hopped. Sweet mildly roast malty throughout. OK. Drinkable. (2011-10-23)

Cask at the William Stead (JDW), Darlington. Medium cream colour head. Excellent lacing. Chestnut body. Malt, wood, hops, pepper, crystal malt, black malt, some red fruits, some butterscotch. Bittersweet. Dry fish. A little watery.

Cask at The Market Tavern, Durham, £3.55/pint. Very dark brown beer with a smooth, creamy, off-white head. The nose is muted but comes across sweetish with some biscuit and bready malt character. The taste too is all malt, biscuity, rounded and comforting. A good beer for a cold January evening.

Cask at Bar Fringe, Manchester. Mahogany coloured pour with a white head. Toffee apple, caramel and burnt sugar aroma. Orchard fruit, toffee apple and caramel flavour. Sweet malt finish.

New Oxford, Salford 27 Jan 13. Ultradyprød. Lavt - litt farget skum. Litt lacing. Bra karamellaroma med tilløp til søt whisky. Smaken litt tynn. Forsiktig whiskypreg. Søt ettersmak.

Cask (gravity) @ The New Oxford, 11 Bexley Sq, Salford, Manchester, England M3 6DB.

Clear dark red brown color with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, dried dark fruit, light butterscotch. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration, sweet malt, dark malt. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130125]

Cask ale, half pint at the Winter Ales Festival at the New Oxford pub in Salford. Mahogany coloured body with a deep ruby shade. Lacing rings down the glassware. Inviting aroma of earthy malts added by liquorice. The taste profile is a nice mix of dark fruits, aniseed and mid-sweet, dark chocolate malt. Dry fruity ending. Soft in the mouth. Pleasant (Greater Manchester, 27.01.2013).

1/2 at The Tilley Stone Gateshead.Dark reddish brown with an off white head Dark dried fruit aroma and flavour. Nothing develops after the first mouthful. A bit boring.