UPDATED: FEB 10, 2023 Nice malty aroma with a slight fruity note. Bitter taste to start with. Fruity taste with a subtle maltiness to finish. Enjoyable drink and a good session ale

UPDATED: JUN 29, 2021 Sample, thanks oh6gdx! Clear copper colour, mid sized head. Leafy caramel aroma. Sweetish with light body and clean, rounded mouthfeel. Caramel, leafs and cabbage. Mid bitter finish.

UPDATED: JUN 18, 2021 Bottle. Golden, small to average and mostly diminishing head. Moderate, malty and lightly sweetish - sweetish aroma, light caramel with light biscuity notes, faint fruitiness, light herbal hoppyness. Body is medium, malty and lightly sweetish - sweetish flavor, light caramel with light biscuity notes, light herbal hoppyness. Finish is short to average, malty and lightly sweetish, light caramel with light biscuity notes, light herbal hoppyness. Bitter with caramel and biscuity notes. Way too sweet for me.

UPDATED: MAY 30, 2021 0.5 l bottle from K-Citymarket Ruoholahti, Helsinki. Amber, clear, small/no head. Fruity, malty, slightly hoppy ending - all in a nice balanced way. Very nice bitter indeed.

UPDATED: MAY 6, 2021 Pours a copper color with white head. Cardboard like aroma and taste. Notes: bottle from the Brit Shop, May ‘20

UPDATED: APR 26, 2021 Old rating from 2010 - 500ml bottle, pours copper with a white head. Aromas & tastes of berries, caramel, toffee, earth, hints of spice & toasted malt. Medium body. Mild bitter finish

UPDATED: JAN 20, 2021 Last beer review for a while. Going on a break! Cask, lockdown delivery thanks to Siddy. Got around 20 bottles of this straight from the pub. Just what the doctor ordered. Simple, clean, clear, sessionable, tasty. Decent mild. Toffee, caramel and slight funk note. What I get from this is amazing clarity and glugability. Pretty boring and uninspiring but totally nailed on for a cold winters evening when silence is something to be treasured and appreciated.

UPDATED: AUG 1, 2020 Bottle BBE in 12 months. Copper pour with decent head. A mild aroma of malt and spice but it doesn't exactly pack a punch. The malt flavour comes through with hints of stone fruit and a nice earthy and spicy note. Quite sweet with a mild bitterness running through. Moderate carbonation and body. Its decent, I enjoyed it.

UPDATED: APR 30, 2020 Aroma : Toasted toffee/biscuity maltiness, hints of red fruit, a touch of spice and earth. Taste : As aroma. Malty and bitter, but not much else. O.K. but pretty average

UPDATED: APR 19, 2020 Thin off white head stayed on a clear tea coloured still body. Big malty aroma. Medium bodied, smooth on the front with a sharp back. Malt, berries, spices, tea & tangy fruit tastes. Classic 1980's!