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Marstons, Pedigree (England) This is quite a dark, golden/amber beer with a cream coloured head that is quite thick. Pedigree is brewed in wood, spending time in oak casks. There's nothing obviously oaky about the nose, which has some soft malty notes, just a hint of marzipan and a touch of rice pudding. On the palate it is creamy and quite full-textured, with a luxurious mouthfeel and very silky flavour profile with no real hop bitterness or particularly distinguishing fruit character. There's a malty, buttered brown bread sweetness, in an unremarkable but very pleasant beer. 4.5% ABV, 50cl, 12 X �13.44, Majestic, quite widely available.

Marstons, Single Malt (England) Another from the "Head Brewer's Choice" mixed pack from Majestic, this beer has a very attractive glowing gold colour and a full, but quickly dissipating head. Made from 100% Golden Promise barley, apparently a popular grain for Scotch whisky, the nose is very nettly and summery, with quite a soft, malted brown bread and toast character. On the palate it is quite smooth and creamy-textured, with a soft, easy-drinking style. No great complexity, but decent quaffing. 4.2% ABV, 50cl, 12 X �13.44, Majestic.

Moosehead, Lager (Canada) Tasted after a glass of the low-foaming Boag's Premium beer from Tasmania, this had a really bright, almost fizzy carbonation that made it seem rather skittish and almost unnatural, but I think it really just suffered by comparison to the low-foam style of the Tasmanian beer. Hoppy and fruity, there is a real lemony crispness on the nose, and the palate has plenty of verve too. It has lots of hoppy, herby flavour and a nice dry, lingering finish. Not amazingly complex, but a very nice lager all the same. 5.0% ABV, 35cl, 24 X �27.50, Surf4beer.

Moretti, Birra Moretti (Italy) Now owned by Heineken, Birra Moretti has a pale gold colour and quickly disippating white head. The nose is toasty and mostly malt-dominated, with secondary hop aromas quite subdued and a soft fruitiness. On the palate there's a slightly metallic edge to this, and really not much flavour. It has some malt, and a lemony edge, but lacks hops. It is quite weak and a bit gassy all told. 4.6% ABV, 33cl, �0.99, Peckhams, quite widely available.

Morland, Hen's Tooth (England) The first thing to say is that this bottle was made in the original Suffolk brewery of Morlands, before Greene King, the new owners of Morland, started making it to the same recipe, in Oxfordshire. The beer has a heavy yeast sediment and pours a deep nutty brown with a hint of ruby, and has a thick fawn-coloured head. A malty, caramel and roasted grain aroma dominates, before a palate that is smooth and rich, with a slightly metallic undertone to a melange of toffee and grassy notes, but with a robust, fruity character and full-bodied, chewy texture making it a very decent beer. 6.5% ABV, 50cl, �1.39, Majestic.

Morland, Old Speckled Hen (England) Now brewed by Greene King, this is immediately attractive as it is poured with its dark, amber-tinged hue and thick, cream-coloured head. There's a distintive biscuity quality on the nose, and quite complex set of spice, fruit and hop aromas. On the palate the beer is surprisingly light in some respects, though there is plenty of flavour, with more of that shortbread and malty richness and a nice bitter finish. 5.2% ABV, 50cl, �1.82, Waitrose, widely available.

Museum Brewing Co, Thorntons Chocolate Beer (England) This beer is brewed for Thorntons in the Museum Brewery of Coors in Burton-on-Trent, home of White Shield IPA. It is very interesting stuff and very grown up, with 8:0% Alcohol and a very dark and bitter flavour profile. The colour is a very dark, opaque ruby/black with a cappucino-coloured head. The nose is unmistakably chocolaty, with deep vanilla pod aromas and a hint of sourness. On the palate it is thick, dense and chewy, and a fleeting glimpse of sweet, milky chocolate is quickly overtaken by fantastically bitter, cocoa powder and licquoricy depths, with a tang of hops and a malty richness. The flavour really lingers in the uncompromisingly dry finish. 8.0% ABV, 27.5cl, �3.0, Thorntons Online.

Museum Brewing Co, Worthington White Shield (England) Now brewed in the marvelous Museum Brewery on the original Bass plant in Burton on Trent, which is now owned by Coors. This beer has "come home", as Brewer Steve Wellington, who made this beer for Bass in the 1960s, has come out of retirement to make it again. It has a dark gold colour with a hint of amber and just off-white head. The nose is filled with honeyed notes, with hints of caramelly crystal malt and a grassy quality along with a hint of citrus. On the palate this delicious beer has a slightly iodine, salty note and a dry palate of sour and bitter hop flavours dominating a background of toasty, quite chewy toffee character. there's a really nice hoppy bite in the finish of this beautifully balanced beer, which has very good length too. 5.6% ABV, 50cl, �1.85, Booth's, Co-op, Livingbeer.com, Safeway, Sainsbury's, Unwins.

Mythos, Hellenic Lager (Greece) This light golden-coloured lager has a pleasantly citrus note on the nose, and a little hint of honey, as well as a nice hoppy freshness. On the palate it is quite creamy textured, and is enjoyable, if a touch unexciting. It is a smooth and not too fizzy style, which would suit spicy food perhaps. 5.0% ABV, 33cl, �1.89, Surf4beer.

Orkney Brewery, Dark Island (Scotland) This dark, Stout-like beer is malty and dry on the nose, with bitter dark chocolate and some fruity hop notes. On the palate it is a tiny bit lacklustre; perhaps just a touch less exciting than the nose and colour promised, with some roasted, nutty flavours and again that malty note. It has a nice texture and weight in the mouth, and is definitely a good beer with only gentle carbonation and good length. A bit of a sleeper, it grew on me. 4.6% ABV, 33cl, WineRak Scotland.