Cask at GBBF 08. Gold, lasting creamy head. Bit of Burton snatch on the aroma. Some biscuit, faint hop on end. Let’s say that Hoggy is a better night watchman than this is a bitter.

Cask at Wellington Arms, Bedford. Gold with a small white head. Odd, slightly ashy aroma develops into sweet maltiness. Taste begins with a distinct blackcurrant fruitiness, quickly replaced a grainy, biscuity taste with a sharp bitterness. Lots of flavour. Unusual beer, which I quite liked. Incidentally the pumpclip makes it seem that the brewer is ’Hoggys’. The ’Marstons’ logo is small and insignificant, as if they have something to hide.

Cask conditioned - handpump - Wig & Pen, Northampton. A golden coloured beer with white head and lacing. Some Burton sulphur in the nose and slightly less in the mouth. There is some decent bitterness. A perfectly acceptable reasonable beer.

Amber beer with a small but lasting white head. Malt, biscuit, hay aroma. Dry and malty, somewhat grainy flavour.

Cask hand-pump at a Marston’s pub in Wakefield 20/08/2007.A golden colour with a medium-sized head. A musty aroma. A floral hoppy taste with a touch of malt. An easy-drinking bitter, but not very exciting.