UPDATED: JAN 3, 2022 Jan 2020 at Trout Inn, Godstow. Autumnal beer with a tad too much crystal malt. Drinkable but too sweet and greasy. Usual toffee flavours you get with crystal malt. Hmmm. [2.3]

UPDATED: DEC 21, 2021 Cask pint at the Railway, West Wickham. Pours deep mahogany with a white head. Aroma of malt and dried fruit. Fruity taste. Bitter finish.

UPDATED: FEB 17, 2020 Cask, half-pint shared with Finn at Borough Arms. A beige head blanketing the glass. Clear mahogany body. Semi sweet smell of doughy malts, hints of nuts. Caramel malts flavours, hints of dark fruits. Mid-sweet malt-driven finish. Satisfying. (Crewe 26.01.2020).

UPDATED: JAN 26, 2020 Delt med Rune. Mørkebrun. Lavt tett skum med litt farge. Aroma av sherry & fersken. Smaken sherry. Søt. Lett tørr avslutning.

UPDATED: JAN 11, 2020 Cask at the Wheatsheaf Louth. Deep ruby colour with a light tan head. Deep fruity, toffee, and malty aroma. Taste slight spicy sweet. Medium body.

UPDATED: JAN 27, 2019 Cask at Haket, Göteborg, Sweden. Clear chestnut. Nutty, some roasted aromas. Dry, medium bitter.

UPDATED: DEC 7, 2018 Cask at Haket 2018-12-07 Göteborg AR: sweet brown sugar, AP: dark ruby/brown, wee thin beige thin head F: low carbonation, dry, wee brown sugary, slippery

Cask at the Railwaymans Arms, Bridgnorth. Poured a clear dark brown with a frothy white head. The aroma is roasty malt, red berry fruit, dry smoky hop. The flavour is moderate bitter with a dry watery, fruity liquorice hop bitter palate and a lingering dry bitter finish. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

Cask at the Ralph Fitz Randal (JDW), Richmond. Medium cream coloured head. Reddish brown body. Black malt red fruit grass and oak. Bittersweet and tangy. Dry finish. Soft and creamy mouthfeel.

Cask at The Black Lion, Cheddleton. A clear chestnut brown colour with a medium off white head. Aroma of bready malts, nuts, some dried fruits, a hint of dark chocolate and slight spice. Taste of bready malts, nuts, some dried fruits, subtle orange and slight spice. Light bodied and soft carbonation. A dryish, nutty, spicy bitterness in the finish. Like in bottle, this is a solid Christmas beer, good spicy flavours.