Hop Horizons

Hazy gold. Good creamy head as poured, with very good retention and some lacing. Dry, wheat, citrus pith aroma. Dry, fruit, bit ?wine? taste and after. Some effervescence.

Bright gold. Active pour, dispersing, OK head with some retention and OK lacing. Fruit candy hop aroma. Similar taste and after – very cold, might have more to it if warmer. Refreshing and light.

Hazy brass gold. Some fizz on pour, dispersing, with no retention or lacing. Fairy Liquid, hop syrup aroma, developing slightly warm, herbal note under. Soapy Witbier, bit cheap homebrew. Disappointing – I know the NanoDog range is meant to be experimental, but this is almost homebrew-level.

Black. Some dark tan head as poured, thin halo and no surface retention with some layering. Rich chocolate, salted caramel, coffee aroma. Dark roast salted caramel mocha taste, similar after. Creamy, thick, smooth. Part of a series of flavoured coffee Impy Stout, with Hard Lines Coffee.

Red-black with a tan ring as poured, not lasting (possibly wrong shaped glass?) Milk chocolate coffee aroma, developing vanilla, woody bourbon, caramel... Similar taste and after, which doesn't really do it justice - so complex, it cycles through about 20 different profiles, tried to capture an average in my score.

Black. Large dark tan head on pour, with good surface and halo retention and OK lacing. Dryish, cocoa, Nutella aroma. Hefty, boozy, Pain au Chocolat taste and after.

Used to be a regular haunt of mine, I'm shocked to see how long it's been since I was last there. A slightly limited selection - it was, and I think still is, a Green King pub, so it obviously favours their brews, but managed to have a couple of interesting, some local, options and generally at a decent price.