Intriguing, enjoyable and conversational

The nose neat was dominated by the colour red as in; liquorice, cola, sour apple sweets, Vimto soft drink, currants and toffee apples. On the palate, however, the colour black took over with flavours of blackcurrants, blackberries, treacle, black pepper and the Turkish Bursa black fig. After the addition of water honeysuckle greenness, an early autumn forest of yellow and green leaves and we were raking green malt on a traditional malting floor with the sun shining through the windows. To taste now full-bodied, mouth-drying, a hint of sweetness from mango chutney with cinnamon and a never-ending finish of butter flavoured with lime zest and pink peppercorns.