UPDATED: FEB 18, 2021 This well balanced mild not to be missed when seen, and enjoyed on 1 August at Redbeer'd Birmingham

UPDATED: NOV 19, 2020 Pint enjoyed in July 2003 (and on other occasions, but never enough). Dark brown, rocky off white head. Aroma of dark fruit. Sweet dark fruit and berries throughout, especially raisins and plums, but its never too sweet. Very smooth mouthfeel. Delicious.

UPDATED: JAN 1, 2020 Cask at the Beacon Hotel. Dark brown, off white head. Malty, caramel, some fruity notes, dried fruit, some berries, maybe a hint of chocolate, sweet, bitterish finish. Smooth. Medium bodied.

Cask at La Gothique, Wandsworth in 2013. Clear deep ruby with a rocky offwhite head. Aroma of big dark fruit, prunes, raisins, caramel, plum pudding. Incredibly smooth mouthfeel. Sweet, but not saccharine; this continues to be one of those beers that doesn’t really have any piers. It’s super interesting and quite mooreish.

UPDATED: SEP 13, 2019 Cask at Great Western, Wolverhampton I can’t believe I’ve not rated this before ! Nose is unremarkable – just some hints of porridge. Pours a rich ruby brown with a small cream head, and good lacing. Taste is a bittersweet conglomerate that is hard to define. More and more flavours come to the fore as it progresses through the mouth. Hazelnuts, liquorice, blackcurrant, raisins, figs, all with a full-bodied malty base to them. A wonderfully complex beer – the classic strong mild that all others (ought to) seek to emulate. It doesn’t get much better than this.

UPDATED: MAY 24, 2019 22/5/2019. Cask at The Dove Street Inn Spring Festival, Ipswich. Pours mid to dark brown with a small off-white head. Aroma of fruit, caramel, malt, dark fruits, berries and liquorice. Moderate sweetness and bitterness. Moderate body, slight oily texture, soft carbonation. Sweet toffee to finish. Decent mild.

UPDATED: FEB 24, 2019 Cask @ GBBF 2017. Pours a dark amber brown color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty caramel aroma with weak hints of dark fruit. Fruity malty caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty caramel finish with weak hints of dark fruit.

UPDATED: JUN 4, 2018 Cask at the Organ Grinder, Nottingham. Classic smooth dark mild with a hefty ABV

UPDATED: JUN 2, 2018 Cask old cock Otley. Ruby beer great beige head and lace. Aroma is malty vine fruits good sweetness. Subtle alcohol nice full body. Great mild.

Pours very dark with pretty much no head. Rich aroma of dark fruits and sweet malt, medium to strong sweet in flavour with medium bitterness to offset it. Very nice