B & T Edwin Taylor’s Extra Stout (Wooden Cask)

Brewed by B & T
Style: Stout
Shefford, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

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Cask (handpump) @ Elm Tree, 16a Orchard Street, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England CB1 1JT.

Clear dark red brown color with a average, open and frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, chocolate, wood. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration, wood, swet dark malt, chocolate. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130119]

Cask (Hopbine, Cambridge)
Now this hits the spot! Richly roasted, but also slightly cakey aroma. Feels good in the mouth - smooth mouthfeel, and on swallowing leaves the mouth neither too sweet, not too dry. Carbonation low. A really rich roast in the taste, less cake there. Very sessionable, a very easy drinker. Dry, but not drying. Not entirely sure if/how this benefitted from the barrel ageing, as the normal one is absolutely lush fresh. But don’t get me wrong - I’d not turn down the chance to have this again!