<i>Cask at Oliver Twist, Stockholm </i> Amber colour. Fruity nose with plums and vegetables. Sweet with sugar and ash, medium bodied. Densely malty with a grassy, resiny finish that just gown in bitterness. Solid, but too sweet bitters are not really my cup of tea.

Cask handpull at County Hotel, JDW, Ashford. Copper colour with thin beige head. Yeasty aroma with candied orange peel and some caramel. Quite sweet in mouth with dried fruit peel flavours. Finish is citric, acidic which balances the sweetness. Some hop. Quite like this

Cask&#64;The Lord Moon of the Mall, Trafalgar Square, London. A boring, though slightly stronger bitter. A touch of sweet malt. With a earthy, slightly green hoppy finish, medium bitter.

Cask &#40;handpump&#41; at Lord Moon of the Mall &#40;JDW&#41;, Whitehall. Now this is a nice beer. Amber colour with a slight, but lasting, white head. Chewy malt, treacle toffee, even some licorice. But its not too sweet and has a decent hop hit to provide some bite. Firm mouthfeel, with a dry, almost tannic, aftertaste. Shame it was served too cold to pick up much aroma. Not a heavily spiced Christmas beer, but a very tasty one. Plenty of depth.

Cask conditioned at a Wetherspoons. Gold brown with white head. Caramel, butterscotch to the fore, a little too dominating for this type of beer, there is a plummy fruitiness within the malt and a sharpish resinous finish. Not a great beer.