Gravity, ’08 Merton Summer Festival. Basic gold, firm open white head. Cold grapefruit aroma, a grapefruit right out of the ’fridge. Husky rough grapefruit flavor. Dry, leafy. Alcohol surprisingly evident for such a modest strength beer. A ton of lingering pith. There is a lot of flavor here, and I can see how this has it’s fans. To me, it’s good, but pretty raw. I like my hop bombs to whisper sweet things to me before they kick my face. This one dispenses with pretense and just gets right to the kicking.

Cask conditioned - gravity dispense - Merton Summer BF 2008. A dark gold to copper coloured beer with a whitish loose head. The aroma is nice and hoppy with oranges and tangerines. Good citrus fruity hops in the mouth. More oranges. Fresh tasting and tastily well balanced.

Cask at Merton Summer B.F ’08. Hazed gold with white head. I was very impressed with this beer, really good sharp grapefruity hop notes with touches of peach and a slightly spicy, dusty hop note. Really well balanced on a medium roasted body with a good graininess. Excellent beer.

Cask (Market Porter, London) as "JP Lees" @4.3%, not sure it’s exactly the same.<br /> Peach and apricot aroma. Refreshing in the mouth. Sweet fruity taste, some grapefruit as well as apricot. Grapefruity finish. Well balanced, tangy, and tasty summer bitter. Did I mention fruity?

Cask (gravity) @ The National Winter Ales Festival 2008, Manchester, UK. Clear medium yellow / golden color with a small, frothy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate hoppy, flowers, perfume, sulfo. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat. (170108)