Bartrams Comrade Bill Bartrams Egalitarian Anti Imperialist Soviet Stout

Brewed by Bartrams
Style: Imperial Stout
Bury St Edmunds, England

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Cask Real Ale 0.25L glass tasted at Gallows Bird. Coffeyish nose. Thin head. Mild madeiralike taste with some hints of figs. Mild carbonation. Mild hoppiness at the end. Sligh syrop in the nose. Nam.

Cask at the Cambridge Beer Festival. A dark, treacly stout with a rich smokey chocolate aroma and a dry, peppery chocolate flavour leading to a satisfying dry finish with just a hint of alcohol. Excellent.

8th August 2008. On tap at GBBF. Light on it’s feet for a strong stout. Well balanced subtle fruit and chocolate. Some banana at the end. No realy dryness or bitterness. Unusual stout.

Bottled. A hazy deep red beer with a thick brown head. The aroma has notes of alcohol and hops. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of alcohol and roasted malt, leading to a dry spicy finish.

Black with a small off-white head. Roasted malt and chocolate aroma. Sweet and rich roasted malt flavour, very dark.

Bottle shared by Lukin. Great name on this one. Lots of soy, salty, oyster shell aroma, roast coffee and slightly sour. So very British in style. Tart, green apple flavor, mildly roasty but otherwise uncomplex. Nice body. Interesting beer.

Cask (Gallows Bird, Espoo, Real Ale Festival 2009)
Day 0: 8-5-8-3-15=3.9
Bacon-bits aroma - wow! Full smooth burnt and roasty palate. In the mouth it’s both burnt and with plenty of retronasal fruity esters. Finish is very burnt, verging on ashy, but it’s also pretty roasty after swallowing, so not unbalanced. Some coffee in aroma later. Dry.
Day 2: 7-5-8-4-15=3.9
No more bacon aroma. However, there’s more pear and banana in the body. Much sweeter feel, less ashy palate - lovely!

(Cask at Gallows Bird, Espoo, on 2009-01-23) Deep dark brown. Clear. Small white head. Coffee and liquorice in aroma. Full bodied and little bit dry palate. Coffee, chocolate, liquorice, sweetness, roastedness and light bitterness in flavour. Long lasting aftertaste containing coffee, roastedness and light bitterness.

(Cask@Gallows, Espoo) Very dark brown with a tiny, beige head. Sourish-malty aroma with some roastiness. Dark fruit, sourish malt and sweetish licorice in the flavor, and hints of alcohol. Medium body with very low, soft carbonation. Nice flavor, but hardly any aroma.

cask 0,268l at Gallows RAF 2009 murky black tiny white head firat kick of sticky roasted malts bit fruity dryness then, Full body very long pleasant aftertaste.