Bright bottled at Dover Beer Fest 2007. A good roasty ale with a healthy but not overbearing smack of hops. A delicious and flavoursome beer of considerable character and interest. Difficult to categorise - has elements of a stout or mild, yet with plenty of hops. Yummy.

A Mes rate: Cask handpull at GBBF. Excellent chestnut colour with a slight head. Coffee and dark malt aroma with some delicate hops in the background. Awesome dark malty flavour with plenty of fruit and a beautiful bitter coffee finish. Superb mouthfeel. Certainly the best of this style that I have had.

Cask-conditioned at the Hillgrove Porter Stores, Bristol 1/8/07. Dark red with a strong tan head that left a lot of lacing. Aroma of dark chocolate, spice and red fruits. The flavour had plenty of tangy fruit, roasted malt and a hoppy finish. Excellent.

Cask gravity at White Cliffs BF 2007. Ruby colour with lasting beige head. Nice choccy aroma. Bit of curry powder, well spice anyway. Roasted flavours in mouth. I really like the roasted grain flavour and texture. Dry finish. Quirky, but like most other people at the table, I liked it.

Gravity, Dover BF. Coppery red with a persistant layer of fine tan. Rusty mineral aroma, coarse bread and a touch of marmalade. Much more hop flavor than the aroma would indicate. A nice fresh warm grapefruit, some warm malt, a fine dry finish. Clean, delicate palate.