Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

500 ml can, from Vinmonopolet, Nettbutikken. Golden colour, white head. Aroma of citrus and tropical fruits, also pine. The slightly sweet flavour is citric and distinctly piney / resinous, with a bitter finish.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

500 ml brown bottle, as Perry's Somerset Morgan Single Variety Cider, from The British Corner Shop. ABV is 6.0%. Very pale straw colour, pours sparkling with a small white head. Pleasant and fresh aroma of apples with some tannins, hints of honey, flowers, oak and sulphites. Moderate carbonation in the mouth. Medium sweet flavour of apples, moderate tannins, hints of oak and sulphites.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

500 ml bottle, from The British Corner Shop. ABV is 4.2%. Beautiful clear deep golden colour, moderate white head. Aroma of malts and grain, hints of toffee, also a whiff of dark fruits. Malty and biscuity flavour, a little fruit, again a hint of toffee, moderate hops. Fair enough.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Cask halfpint at The White Hart (a Harvey’s pub), Crawley. ABV 3.5%. Deep golden color, no head. Minimal aroma. Fairly dry flavour, some tingling fruity and herbal English hops make the beer quite drinkable, but this is not an IPA (neither historical nor modern) by any stretch of the mind. 2nd rating: 500 ml bottle, from Seven Cellars. ABV is 3.5%. Clear copper colour, moderate white head. Moderate but nice aroma of malts, toffee and a faint hint of dark berries. Light bodied as expected, but not too bad for its low ABV. The flavour is mid between dry and sweet, and has the same elements as the aroma, also some nutty hints, with moderate but noticeable earthy hops in the finish. A decent ordinary bitter, but certainly no IPA.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Cask half pint at The White Hart, Crawley. 4.3% ABV. Golden colour, white head. Moderate aroma. Smooth and fruity flavour with a spicy hint, very nice beer.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

500 ml bottle, from Løvbjerg Brønderslev. ABV is 5.2%. Hazy brown colour, large beige head. Aroma of brown bread, Danish pastry and caramel, a hint of banana. Malty flavour, medium sweet, caramel and brown bread with syrup, hints of citrus and banana.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

355 ml bottle, from the Norwegian importer. ABV is 7%. Deep golden colour, nearly clear, moderate white head. Pleasant aroma of fruity hops (citrus, tropical fruits), also notes of pine. Distinct hoppy flavour on a background of slightly sweet malts, notes of grapefruit, pine needles and resin. Bitter finish, very bitter aftertaste.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

500 ml bottle, from Gulating Ølutsalg, Stavanger. ABV is 4.7%. Clear orange to copper to amber colour, small white head. Aroma of piney and citric hops, notes of orange marmalade. The flavour has sufficient malts with a touch of caramel, but is not very sweet. Distinct notes of citric and piney hops, with a very bitter aftertaste.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

500 ml bottle, from Coop Mega Kleppe. ABV is 4.5%. Beautiful clear copper colour, large to moderate head, slightly off-white. Aroma according to the commercial description: "sweet nutty malt, cedarwood and dark fruits" - I agree! Flavour / "on the palate": again referring to the commercial description: "Rich nutty malt, sweet smooth blackcurrant and lemon mousse leading to blackcurrant leaf and wood notes with a dry woody, spicy nutmeg finish." I agree again! - but I am not too happy with the woody part. Still a fairly decent beer.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

500 ml bottle, Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 7.2%. Golden colour, slightly hazy. Large white head. The aroma is dominated by American hops, strong notes of spruce, pine and grapefruit. The flavour is fairly dry and very hoppy, with a massive chinine-like bitterness in the finish and the long aftertaste. Balance, in this beer? Don’t even think about it!

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

330 ml bottle, Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 8.0%. Dark brown colour, large off-white to beige head. Aroma of malts, caramel, brown bread and sprucetips, a hint of salt, whisky and smoke. The flavour is malty and sweet, but not too much. Distinct notes of sprucetips, also notes of caramel and brown bread, hints of prunes, whisky, smoke and salt. Unusual and interesting.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

500 ml bottle, from Bier Huis, Ossett. ABV is 5.0%. Golden colour, moderate white head, nice lacing. Moderate malty aroma. Dry but fairly malty flavour, decent fruity and earthy hops. Easy drinking.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

500 ml bottle, from Bier Huis, Ossett. ABV is 4.5%. Black colour, large to moderate beige head. Aroma of roast malts, hints of coffee. Roasty and fairly dry flavour, notes of coffee and moderate bittering hops.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

330 ml can, from Vinmonopolet, Nettbutikken. ABV is 7.7%. Black colour (note: artificial colour E150c has been used here), moderate beige head. Aroma of roast malts, caramel, maize, mild coffee and dark chocolate. Light bodied for its strength. Flavour of roast malts, mild coffee, some caramel sweetness, moderate bittering hops.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Cask halfpint at The Grill, Aberdeen. Deep golden colour, white head. Moderate aroma of citrussy hops. The flavour has a slight malty sweetness with hints of toffee and caramel, but also decent citrussy hops. Enjoyable.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Shared 650 ml bottle, in Nevada City. ABV was either 11.0% or 11.9%, my picture was not sharp enough to decide. Black colour, tan head. Aroma and flavour of roast malts, molasses, whiskey, oak, alcohol and smoke. All in all a fairly good beer, but a bit heavy handed to me.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

Beer No. 3 of my flight of beers at the brewery tap. Deep golden colour, quite clear, white head. Typical West Coast IPA, fairly aggressively hopped in both aroma and flavour, with piney / resinous and grapefruity notes.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

375 ml corked & caged bottle, from Vinmonopolet, Nettbutikken. ABV is 6.5%. Hazy golden colour, moderate white head. Aroma of brettanomyces / farmhouse and oak, lemons, mild spices, apple cider vinegar / white wine vinegar. Moderately sour and fairly dry flavour, lighter body than expected, notes of brettanomyces, oak and lemons, moderate hops.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

750 ml clear bottle, batch #20221201, from Vinmonopolet Stavanger - Hinna. ABV is 6.8%. Clear and pale golden colour, pours vigorously sparkling with a large but shortlived head. Aroma of apples and apple cores. Fizzy and slightly citric mouthfeel. Flavour of Red Aroma apples. A bit one-dimensional, but okay.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Shared 500 ml bottle, from a Tesco store in Gloucester. Black colour, moderate beige head. Nice aroma of butterscotch caramels. Roasty clean flavour, coffee, hints of chocolate, a slight acidity. Okay.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

750 ml clear bottle, from the cidery. ABV is 8%. Clear and very pale golden colour, pours sparkling with a shortlived white head. Fresh and pleasant aroma of Norwegian eating apple varieties. Medium sweet flavour of apples, light bodied for its strength, a hint of sulphites.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Cask 1/3 pint, gravity dispense, at the 46th Cambridge Beer Festival, 2019. ABV 4.6%. Reddish brown colour, off-white head. Aroma of brown malts, hints of berries. The flavour has also brown malts, and tingling fruity hops.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Keg half pint at The Flying Horse, Gatwick Airport. Deep golden to amber colour, white head. Hoppy aroma, piney notes. Piney and grapefruity hops in the flavour, solid bitterness.

Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Cask 1/3 pint at the Adnams bar, 46th Cambridge Beer Festival, 2019. ABV 5.0%. Black colour, tan head. Aroma and flavour of coconut, marshmallow, lactose and oak, but fortunately not too sweet.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 7

Keg halfpint at The Jubilee Oak, Crawley. 4.1%. Golden colour, white head. Nice Mosaic aroma, notes of tropical fruits. Light bodied. Distinct Mosaic in the médium dry flavour too, notes of tropical fruits and grapefruit, some pine.