Another Ringwood beer that I’ve not had for a very long time and another that I still like a lot.
The smell isn’t all that, with just the vaguest, briefest hint of toffee, but the beer sits in your glass a nice appetising marmalade orange and tastes really decent.
Initially the flavours are peppercorn pricked caramel with a nice tang added by the fizzy feel on your tongue.
There’s a good fruity roundness here, all plums washed in apple juice, and a good crunchy toffee biscuit too.
The hops bring a crisp green leaf and floral sweetness like you’re emerging from the bushes with daisies between your teeth, a mix of stinging lemony nettles, pithy wood sap and some pretty elderflower softness.
All very English tasting and all very good.