Ashover Liqourice Alesort

Brewed by Ashover
Style: Stout
Chesterfield, England

Serve in English pint

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UPDATED: DEC 19, 2010 Cask (GBBF2010)
7 Very rich roasty aroma
4 BLack, small tan head
7 Burnt and chocolatey. Some bitter burntness.
4 Full palate. Bitter liquoricey finish.
14 Rich and full. Pretty drinkable considring how much character it has.

Off cask at the princess Victoria in matlock bath. Sweet stout with some licquorice. Nice.

Cask conditioned at Coventry Beer Fest ’12. Black with tan head. Yes, certainly liquorice, bitter but with a sweet toffee crackling note too. Smoky, peaty malt note. Pretty decent.

Tasted this at the Paisley Beer Festival in May 2010. Cask, gravity dispense. Dull black in colour with an open buff head which vanished quickly. Strange lingering aroma of McCoys bacon sizzler crisps? Oily mouthfeel and no lacing. Dark malts give a strong mix of black treacle and liquorice flavours. Bitter hop resins seep into the aftertaste and dominates the finish with dry tanins. An interesting stout but one is more than enough.

Cask at the Bricklayers Arms Derby Beer Fest. It pours darkest brown, with a thin bubbly beige film. The nose is liquorice allsorts, soy sauce, toasted sesame seed, leather and charcoal. The taste is full of liquorice, charcoal, roasted mal, sour tang, burnt malt, salt and dark dried fruit. Thin to medium body and soft carbonation. A bit too thin and too much liquorice for me.

Cask at Bricklayers BF, London. Brown pour with a bubbly, tan head. Dry and roasty. Very dry flavor, some minerals, moderate roast, some burnt sugar. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Very dry finish, some burnt sugar, light dark fruit notes, hard roast malts. Decent.

Cask at GBBF 2010. A pitch black beer with a tan head. The aroma has strong roasted notes combined with medium hoppy notes. The flavor is sweet malty with extremely storng notes of liquorice - too much for me, combined with some roasted malt, leading to a dry, roasted, woody, and liquorice finish.

Cask @ GBBF 2010, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.

Clear dark brown color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is light light heavy malty, roasted, coffee. Flavor is heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, licorice. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20100804]

Cask Handpump at the GBBF, Earl’s Court 05/08/2010 Fruit and roast aromas. Beige head. Dark coloured a little rich on the palate and strong in alcohol with a hint of bitterness in a dry burnt roast and liqorice finish.

Cask (GBBF 2010) - Black in colour. Liquorice aroma with hints of roasted malt and coffee. Roasted taste with liquorice standing out. Very easy to drink.

Cask at GBBF 2010, 5th Aug 2010. Black with a bubbly tan head. Quite subtle nose - liquorice, vegetal. Roasted flavours but a bit bland. Watery palate.