3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask, gravity NWAF, Manchester in company of Dad, Pauline and Baz 20.01.12 Pours black with some lonely bubbles clinging to the edge of a pitch black hole. This is fruity & tasty, big on bitterness, warmth from the alcohol, drinking easier than it should. A6 A4 T7 P4 Ov13 3.4
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at GBBF 2011. Dark brown with a small off-white head. Chocolate aroma with fruity and floral notes. Sweetish dark malty flavour with chocolate, and fruity and grassy notes
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Third-pint of this strong beer pulled from cask at GBBF 2011. Clear and bright surface to a jet black body. Dark malty nose added by anise. Comprehensive taste profile of dark caramel, bready malts, chocolate, and even a note of coffee. Some peaty hints as well. Feels flat in the mouth. Good, but heavy to drink ( Earls Court, London 02.08.2011).
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask @ GBBF, 2011. Pours black with a creamy head and lacings. Roast, fruit, ashes and espresso - complex and nice. Oily, slick and roasted. Some liquorice and a bit of warmth from alcohol. Smooth. Nice.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask at GBBF 2011 - Tuesday. Black - offwhite head. High coffee, bitterness, nice hoppy, fruity, burned, berries, ok balance, nice smooth body.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask@GBBF2011. Pitch black colour, small off-white head. Aroma is liquorice, some roasted malts, dark fruits, mild nuttyness as well as some slight riped fruits. Flavour is dark fruits, roasted malts, some nutty notes as well as mild ashyness and some slight chocolaty notes. Quite bitter finish.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at GBBF 2011.
Dark brown colorured with a small off-white head.
Roasted aroma of caramel, liquorice and dried fruits.
Roasted and fruity flavour of liquorice, dark chocolate and hops.
Roasted and hoppy finish.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask at GBBF 2011. It pours opaque black, with a thin bubbly tan head. The nose is treacle, molasses, polish, liquorice, sesame seed, soy sauce and parma violets. The taste is roasted malt, dark cherry, rich-roast coffee, wood, soy sauce, sesame seed, liquorice and smoke, with a rich roasted finish. Fully body, sticky mouth-feel and low carbonation. A very flavoursome British imperial stout.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at GBBF 2011. A black coloured pour with virtually no head to speak of. Nice roasty, coffee, chocolate aroma. Tastes sweet, malty, hints of both chocolate and coffee, slight bitterness. Bloody good rich tasting stout, I want more of this!
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at the GBBF 2011.
Creamy off-white head. Chocolate aroma. Very dark pour. Bitter malty taste. Very nice.
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