UPDATED: MAY 12, 2022 Cask Handpump at GBBF 2013, Kensington Olympia 14/08/2013 Chocolate aroma. Dark coloured a little rich on the palate fruity and chocolaty with a hint of bitterness in a malt finish.

UPDATED: DEC 1, 2020 Cask at GBBF 2015 from historic tasting notes. Pours clear dark amber brown with a beige head. Aroma: malt, vanilla, sweet chocolate. Taste moderate sweet & light to moderate bitter sweet chocolate, vanilla. Medium body is medium with light carbonation. A little artificial tasting

@GBBF - dark beer with a poor head retention; toasted dark malts and vanilla; light sweet, thin-bodied, low carbonation; late bitterness; the finish is mineral with more notes of dark fruits and vanilla

Cask at the GBBF 2018 day 1 07/08/2018. A nut brown red coloured pour with a halo of beige tan head. Aroma is fried fruit, dried nuts, faint powdered choc. Palate is dry grains, lowish carbonation. Flavour is roasted nuts, raisin, cakey malts. Decent.

Cask at GBBF '18, day 1, 07/08/18. Light black with a moderately appointed beige cap that thins to a swirl. Nose is toffee, stewed fruits, tobacco, light spice. Taste comprises fruit slice, dried fruits, grains, biscuit, brown bread. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close. Ok.

Cask at GBBF 2018. Black. Roasted malt aroma with coffee and tobacco. Dry, low to medium bitterness.

Cask at GBBF 2015. Deep brown black colour. Very aromatic. Chewy fruit, malt loaf, liquorice. Enjoyed this.

Cask at GBBF 2015... Dark brown.. Thin tan lacing.. Soft dark fruits.. Soft chocolate roast.. Thin malts

Very mild aroma and very dark colouring almost like cola. Light and drinkable but leaves a bitter taste. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2013, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX.

[ As Branscombe Vale Mild ].
Clear dark red brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, chocolate, vanilla, sweet chocolate, artificial. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter with a long duration, sweet chocolate, artificial, vanilla. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130814]