Bottle courtesy of lithy. Pours gold with a rocky white head. Smells of metal, perfume, flowers, dry malt. Tastes of dry malt, light pepper, some grass and hay.

Bottle. Poured a clear gold/amber with a small white head. Aroma of earth and malt. Flavor was better, with a good balance of malt and hops. Body was light, especially for 6.2% ABV.

This is fairly nice, with some good balance and a light English quality to it. It is amber, with a thin, off-white head shrinking to a ring and leaving no real lace. The smell is pleasant, rather english, but mild, leafy a hint earthy, with some bread, hints of stewed plums and butterscotch. The taste is not great but it’s nice. It’s smooth, weasy to drink, yet still tasty and balanced with a good feel. It’s leafy with some butterscotch, bread, citrus. It’s not great with crackers.

On tap at the brewery - This beer was quite disappointing to me. Didn’t smell like much. Didn’t taste like much. Tasted very light considering the 6.2% ABV. Not much character. This may be a good beer to use to introduce Budweiser drinkers to microbrews.

12 oz, bb 10-25-08. Clear amber with a small soapy ring of foam and spotty lace. Aroma of caramel, apple and a dash of barber tonic. Flavors of honey and lightly peppery spice, caramel apple and slight wood. Light-medium body is lightly tingly with carbonation and sorta dryish.