A cask floated in on the tide; a laundry worker left their washing to investigate, finding honeyed ham, lemony oysters and blue cheese inside – an unexpected feast! Actually, the palate gave us strawberry chews, pear drops, honey, ginger, rhubarb and lime; with charred oak and extra strong mints afterwards.

The reduced nose revealed old ship’s timbers, tobacco, peppermint and a beach scene (with sun lotion, beach huts and tropical fruit ice cream). The palate now combined zingy pineapple, mango and lime fruit cocktail with engineer’s rags and tinned pears eaten from an ashtray, before a tongue-twisting finish of chilli, ginger and salted oak.