3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask at the pot still smooth stout with roasted malt Chocolate and coffee flavours sweet dark brown beer that’s very easy drinking slight raspberry After taste which is not as strong as the other flavours in this range
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Cask by handpump at Glen Park Hotel, Ayr - clear very dark red brown, good creamy tan head, chocolate aroma with hint of fruit, very sweet, can taste the raspberry, creamy texture, good carbonation, lovely
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
[cask at Cloisters Bar, Edinburgh] Black pour, with maybe some reddish tint (unless that’s the power of suggestion). Slightly off-white head. Aroma is deep chocolate malt, roasted chocolate pudding, some faint raspberry – the whole thing smells a bit like chocolate cake and raspberry coolis. The taste is fantastic though, great balance of the darkly roasted chocolate, some coffee, and the bitter, sharp raspberry comes through on the finish. I think the lack of chocolate syrup (as used in the Mint Choc Blacklock) really makes this beer, everything is balanced beautifully [03012013] [full disclosure, I helped make this beer. Reviewed objectively]
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
UPDATED: JAN 4, 2013 cask at cloister ... dark brown/ black ...smalll tan head ... soft roast ... soft chocolate roast nose ... dark malts ... soft mellow raspberry ... mellow light chocolate ... lightest bitter ... 3.9
cask at cloister .... dark brown... small tan head ... soft roast ...light chocolate nose ... dark sweet malts ... big fruit ... soft raspberry... soft mellow roast ... light bitter linger 4.0
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