4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: FEB 19, 2004 Cask Conditioned, at the Wenlock Arms, London.
Stout black with a contasting white head. Wow. This stout was absolutely, uniquely amazing. Not full of roasted malts, not toasting or dry but lovely. Somehow green seaweed flavours, perhaps romanticised but enjoyable none the less. Dakar’s world rules.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask Conditioned at The Black Horse, Moreton Morrell, Warks. Black with ruby hint and tan head. Lovely thick stout, dry and powdery with a chocolate roasted malt. Nutty at the finish with a silky smoothness. Very good beer, however; this used to be 4.6 ABV and somehow I remember it being a little better.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at the Number Twenty-2, Darlington. Black colour, ruby in the highlights, creamy beige head. Nice aroma of mildly roasted malts, mild coffee and chocolate. Smooth mouthfeel. Roasty flavour, medium sweet (or medium dry, if you like), notes of coffee.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at the Victoria Station JDW. Pitch black with loose beige head; aroma of malty chocolate; soft and creamy in the mouth with red fruits and sweet malts; the finish is dry and warming with richly roasted malts and a touch of dark chocolate. Really enjoyable.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Cask at the Euston Tap. Pours dark brown with a very faint film. Hold a nose of hard, chocolate malts with a mineral quality. Lightly sweet, has some nice charcoal and tobacco, along with a slight saltiness and hints of ham. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Dark, lightly sweet malt finish with mild smoke. Really good beer.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
A dark, almost black beer, with a strong coffee brown head. A bittersweet malty nose with a toasted nuttiness. The taste is also of butter sweet malt, plus a hint of liquorice and hops. The body is medium for such a beer and the aftertaste is smooth and rounded. (Draught - Darby’s, Swanton Morley, Norfolk).
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask handpull at Wenlock Arms, London. Black, dark beige/tan head. Decent fullish stout. Great roasted slightly toasty stout. Bit of liquorice. Lovely rich stout. Not too subtle, but a decent stout wtih moderate richness.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at The Wenlock Arms. Black with a tan little head. Solid roasted coffee and chocolate. Good roasted dryness, salty finish. Enjoyable.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottled. Pours black with light tan head. Nice roasty, chocolatey stout. Low strength not noticeable.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask, handpump at The Regal, JDW, Cambridge 15.02.12 Viewing this half pint from inside this cavernous ’Batcave’ dingiliy lit pub it looks dark brown. Soft in the mouth, sweet maltiness, easy going roastiness, little bit thin but overall a very likeable and decent beer. A7 A4 T7 P3 Ov14 3.5
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