3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask conditioned at The Cross Keys, Knaresborough, N.Yorks. Black, ruby hue, with tan head. Good roasty nose leading to a slightly sweetish stout. There are burnt charcoaly notes, full, roasty, late bitterness. Good stuff.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask/handpump and GBBF 2009. Black with thick beige head, aroma of coffee and roast malt and ginger. Dry roast bitter taste with winey notes and long dry bitter finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Black with a small off-white head. Roasted aroma with licorice and coffee. Dry and roasted flavour with a lasting coffee finish.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: JUL 27, 2009 1. Cask Handpump at the New Oxford, Salford 07/12/2007
Some roast aroma. Dark red coloured and fruity with some alcohol present. Crisp dry and slightly bitter full roast finish.
2. Cask Handpump at the Winding Wheel, Chesterfield Beer Festival 02/02/2008
Some fruit and roast aromas. Small white head. Black strong in alcohol and a little rich on the palate with a crisp and bitter slightly dry lasting roast finish.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask @ GBBF 2008. Pours a black color with a small tan head Has a roasted malty chocolate and coffee aroma. Roasted malty chocolate and coffee flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate finish with some bitterness in the aftertaste.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask, Burton Summer Fest 08. Very dark brown with a small beige head. Aromas are coffee and chocolate malts with earthy notes. Oaty with molasses and pepper. Flavours are dry and earthy with sweet Weetabix malts. Coffee with molasses, soy and some pepper. Decent.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask@Burton Summer Beer Festival, 2008. Black beer with a lightly coffee and roasted aroma. The flavour is mildly rich and lightly roasted. Overall an average stout.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Very dark in appearance with patchwork-like head. Dark, sweet malt to the nose. Coffee-chocolate taste offset by a welcoming bitter ending. Silky in the mouth. Good stuff (Hand-puled cask at GBBF, 07.08.2008).
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
(Cask at GBBF, London, 7 Aug 2008) Black colour with frothy, brown head. Roasted, malty nose with freshly ground coffee, ashes and cocoa. Roasted, malty taste with notes of coffee, chocolate, cocoa and a dry finish with a nice coffee bitterness. Slightly thin body, but brilliant balance. Very nice stout.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at GBBF 08. Black, thin tan head. Roasty aroma, coffee and choc. Fine, good dark roasted flavours, very dark and roasted in fact. Fine, bit of ashtray, but a decent reasonably intense stout.
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