Otter Brewery - Otter Head (5.8%)

Taste: Furry on the tongue, a big hit of iron. Like licking a rusty steam engine. Or maybe the taste of oxygen rich blood. You've cut your lip after licking a traction engine at the New Forest fair and your trying to rinse your mouth with ale and fermenting grass. That's the only way to describe the taste. Complex and good!

Appearance: Everyone likes otters. The ale is a solid reliable brown. Reassuring.

Would you buy 2? To feel rustic, yes I would.

Would you buy 4? With a friend, I'd buy four. Drinking more would be tough but rewarding.

Rating (out of 7): * * * * * Not to everyone's taste maybe, but it's an eventful ale