<b>Cask @ Great British Beer Festival, GBBF 2008, Earls Court, London, England SW5.</b><br />Clear medium yellow golden color with a small to average, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, fruity - apricot. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. (070808)

Cask-conditioned at the Royal Oak, Bath 5/10/08. Pale golden with a decent white head. Aroma of apricots, straw and floral hops. Flavour had some sweetish malts, floral hops and a bitter, slightly peppery finish. Good.

Cask, Far From The Madding Crowd, Oxford. Looking up this beer to add my rating, I’m shocked to see how poorly this has scored so far. This was such a nice pint! Bright gold, pretty white head. Lime sorbet aroma with just the faintest whiff of Burton salts, so faint as to just fill things in nicely. Spicy cinnamon tangerine flavor, bright and lemony, a nice lingering nettle and citrus peel. A lovely refreshing beer firmly in the DS Hophead tradition. Had catching the bus not been an issue, woudl have happily stayed for several more pints of this.

Cask (hand pump / beer engine) at the GBBF 2008. Golden colour, low head. Moderate but nice aroma of honey, tropical fruits and flowers. The flavour also has some fruits (grapefruit) and honey, moderate hops in the finish. Okay.

Cask@GBBF2008. Yellow colour, no head. Aroma is leather, dough and some mild notes of rubber and fruits. Flavour is wood, fruits, more wood and some slight doughy notes.