 maeib (3917), Wootton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England
Oct 13, 2006
Cask conditioned - handpump - Out Of The Vaults = Leicester. A black coloured stout with a small tan coloured head. The aroma has coffee and good roasted character. The taste is dry and roasty. Strong flavours and a long finish. Weak in ABV for an Imperial Stout but probably carries it off quite well. Another good beer from this highly recommended brewery.
fonefan (4328), Ulfborg, Denmark
Mar 4, 2008 Cask (gravity) @ The National Winter Ales Festival 2008, Manchester, UK. Clear medium to dark red brown color with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, burnt, coffee, moderate hoppy, dust. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long duration. Body is medium to full, texture is oily - creamy, carbonation is flat. (180108)
Whelk (124), Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
Feb 16, 2008 Cask handpull at the Rotherham Oakwood Beer Festival. Pours a brown/black with a thick dark tan head. Aroma is thick roasty/toasty malt, chocolate, coffee, touch of smoke and earth. Flavors are roasty/toasty malt, charcoal, chocolate, coffee. Very drinkable for an imperial stout.
cgarvieuk (2302), Edinburgh, Scotland
Jan 20, 2008 Cask at Manchester Winter ale festial 08 ... Deep brown ... roast coffee nose ... roast chocolate ... rich deep roast quite drying ... little light cherry.
Svesse (1621), Hässelby, Sweden
Dec 16, 2007 (Cask at Market Porter, Southwark, London, 1 Dec 2007) Brownish black colour with frothy pale brown head. Roasted , malty nose with loads of coffee and dark chocolate. Roasted, malty taste with notes of dark fruit, coffee, cocoa and a long, roasted, bitter finish. Powerful stout, full body, balanced sweetness. Excellent beer.
DruncanVeasey (1612), Burbage, Leicestershire, England
Jun 20, 2007 Cask, The Crown (formerly Lloyd’s), Nuneaton. Virtually pitch, with ruby tints and a tan head. Can just about see the sun through it. Earthy, charcoal-smeared nose. Mouth-fillingly roasty with lots of charred malt and bitter chocolate. Big alcohol presence, with some distinctly barrelly notes. Either a very smoky and full bodied stout or a watery imp.
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