UPDATED: OCT 10, 2021 Clear bottle from Michaels Drinks, Yardley, Birmingham. Clear amber, small white head, some retention. Big aroma of caramel, some apple, light earthiness and spice. Taste was disappointing, caramel, a slightly funky tanginess possibly from skunking, lots of cardboard. Not very fruity in truth but drinkable. Poor ale from Shepherd Neame and they call this one 'Master Brew' which is scary. The 'Apprentice Brew' must be even worse.

UPDATED: SEP 12, 2021 Bottle from Prisma in Kouvola. Big and lasting white head. Clear pale amber color. Light roasted malt aroma with a typical English hop aroma and a light caramell aroma. Malty taste with tiny caramell taste and well balanced bitterness.

UPDATED: AUG 20, 2021 Bottle from my local off-licence ‘Wine Rack’. Pours a clear copper colour with a thin off-white head. Aroma is of toasty bread, toffee, caramel and slightly metallic. Taste has more toasty brown bread, toffee, caramel, metallic notes with added notes of biscuits and nuts and an earthy hop on the finish. Thinnish body and slightly oily mouthfeel. Not bad but I’m sure the beer would be better kept out of a clear bottle.

UPDATED: JUN 18, 2021 500ml bottle from a convenience store in Motspur Park. Pours clear amber with a thin white head. Aroma of malt, a bit skunky. Malt and toffee taste. Very bitter finish.

UPDATED: MAY 2, 2021 Old rating from 2011 - 500ml bottle, pours amber with a white head. Aromas & tastes of toffee, earth, fruits, spice, toast, caramel & malt. Medium body. Light bitter finish

UPDATED: NOV 27, 2020 Aroma : Medium toasted toffee maltiness, merest hints of summer fruits with a light earthy & spicy hop note. Taste : Body is on the light side of medium. Lightly bitter and fruity hoppy start, with a good amount of sweet toffee malt coming through. Not spectacular but very drinkable

UPDATED: OCT 25, 2020 Purchased from a local off-licence in a 500ml bottle. Slight aroma of toffee. Nice amber colour. Tasted dry.

UPDATED: JUN 12, 2020 Pours a clear, deep amber coloration with a small, creamy head and slightly visible carbonation. Smells of grainy, slightly toasted and caramelly malt and some earthy/herbal hops. Taste is a good balance of grainy, slightly toasted and caramelly malt and earthy, herbal hops, with hints of toffee and fruity accents of citrus and berries. Finishes with a medium bitterness and some grainy malt, toffee and herbal hops lingering in the aftertaste. Smooth mouthfeel with a medium body and carbonation. This is a nice Bitter with a good balance of sweet, bitter and slightly fruity elements, as well as good overall malt/hop balance and a good bitterness, with the grainy, toasted malt and earthy, hops dominating here, rounded out by some toffee and fruity accents.

UPDATED: MAY 7, 2020 Pale golden color with off-white head. Aroma has grass, malt and caramel. Taste is malty sweet with long bitter and dry aftertaste. Flavors of caramel, malt, bread and grassy hops.

UPDATED: FEB 20, 2020 Clear copper colour, light white lacing. A bit cheap, malty aroma, grassy. Light bitter taste at first but mostly weird sweet malt flavour, feels very artifical. Low medium body, medium carbonation, soft mouthfeel.