From July 2007, we changed to adopt the Cyclops Tasting notes system. This was developed by Everards Brewery to provide a simple and easy to understand approach. This should provide a standard way to describe ales and enable the drinker to recognise similar tasting beers. The bitter and sweet scales are based on the measured Bitterness and Present Gravity (residual sugar) of the beer.

All ale drinkers may benefit now by the addition of a new Cyclops website that is listing tasting notes for all beers as they become accredited to the scheme. There are, so far, 209 breweries affiliated and tasting notes for over 1050 ales which may be found at http://www.cyclopsbeer.co.uk