4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask. Classic black stout appearance with a small almost white head. Malt, coffee and roasty aroma, with a touch of chocolate. Very smooth mouthfeel, with chocolate and coffee notes.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Cask at Craft Beer Co., London. Pours dark brown with a foamy head. Good chocolate character throughout. Some good roast notes, medium sweetness. Light to medium in body with fine carbonation. Sweet, cocoa finish. Very solid beer.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
cask at gbbf ... toffee chocolate roast nose ... big chocolate ... solid deeep roast ... tiny charcoal ... nic light dry roast ... i like this
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask at GBBF 2010. A dark red-brown beer with a thin tan head. The aroma has strong notes of roasted malt, as well as medium notes of soy sauce and oats. The flavor is sweet wtih notes of caramel, malt, soy sauce, and oats, leading to a very roasted finish.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask at the Craft Beer Co. It pours jet black, with a thin, light tan head. The nose is soy sauce, salted liquorice, seaweed, smoke, toffee, treacle and varnish. The taste is salted liquorice, roasted malt, treacle, tar, pepper, caramel, molasses, smoke and varnish, with a long roasty finish. Medium body and soft carbonation. A very flavoursome brew for the percentage. Nice.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask at the Hobgoblin, Reading. Pitch black in colour with a loose milk chocolate coloured head; chocolate malt aroma; the taste is salty and fishy to start - the first Oyster Stout I’ve ever had that actually tastes of the sea! - then the malts take hold, leading to a sweet, but thin, velvety body that reminds me of bedtime drinks - Ovaltine and Horlicks; the finish is long, dry, milky, silky and malty, although you can just about detect an underlying bitterness. I thought this was excellent, but I expect that others may consider it otherwise - defintely a taste to be acquired!
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask@GBBF2010. Quite much black colour with small brown head. Aroma is roastes malts, some nuts, mild dark dry fruits, some wood and a bunch of chocolate as well. Flavour is chocolate, caramel and roasted malts, some coffee as well as mild dark dry fruits.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
A Mes rate. Cask at the Rake.
Pretty much black with a thin beige head. Good chocolate and fruit and coffee with just a lick of spice and a good dry feel. Slight lactose. Good sour fruit hit in the finish. Nice beer.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: AUG 28, 2010 1. Cask Handpump from the Foyer Bar at the Assembly Rooms, Derby 10/01/2009
Fruity aroma. Dark coloured smooth and a little rich on the palate with some sour fruit flavour. Crisp slightly bitter and dry oyster roast finish.
2. Cask Handpump at the GBBF, Earl’s Court 03/08/2010
Roast aroma. Black and rich on the palate with some alcohol present. A hint of dryness and bitterness in a coffee and oyster finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask-conditioned at The Royal Oak, Bath 14/9/08. Near black in colour with a decent, tight tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, bitter chocolate and a faint hint of the seaside. Full mouth feel, with plenty more roastiness and chocolate, some graininess and a decent bitter finish. Another good dark beer from Arbor.
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