500ml bottle shared with Ashton McCobb. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Aromas of custard, lemon, meadowsweet. Taste is woody, stressed yeast vibe. Thin finish.

Bottle from Ship In A Bottle, West Kirby. Appearance - golden with a thin lacy head. Nose - meadow flowers, custard. Taste - lemon, wood and pale malt. Tangy orange/lemon finish. Palate - light bodied with a creamy texture and a long dry tangy finish. Overall -

Bona cervesa, bastant equilibrada i gustosa. Buena cerveza, bastante equilibrada y sabrosa.

Cask with Sarah. Pours a clear gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has notes of light grain and grass with a hint of underlying bitterness. Flavor starts with easy to drink grain and a light pine hop note with a hint of sweetness.

UPDATED: JAN 2, 2013 Clean and crisp with a good body, and this golden ale maintains a decent white head. Fairly fruity in taste.

Bottle from Coppers in Newastle. Golden coloured with smooth caramel flavours and a slight floral and woody finish.

Cask @ Market Porter, Borough SE1. Pours a golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy aroma with hints of caramel. Fruity malty weak hoppy caramel flavor. Has a fruity malty caramel finish with hoppy hints.

Cask, Clarence, New Brighton. Clear amber colour with a thin white head. Weird aroma, some sweetish fruity notes in there, maybe some orange or apricot, but also something that put me in mind of the glue you used to get in pots as a kid that isn’t altogether that appealing. Flavour a real let down, clean but thin and rather limp in all areas otherwise. Where was the ’variety’ of hops ? Having spent a fair bit of time on Hilbre I couldn’t help but feel the island is worthy of a better beer to represent its name.

On cask at Cloisters. Pours a golden colour with a fair white head. Aroma of caramel, grassy hops and barley. Similar flavours with a sweet and cloying finish. Mild carbonation and long cloying sweet caramel linger.

cask at cloisters ... golden amber ... soft sweet orange hop nose ... thick oily body ... soft sweet custardy orange ...soft light hop