3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask@GBBF2008. Black colour, not much head. Aroma is coffee, roasted malts, some mild caramel and also mild sour wood. Flavour is roasted malts, raisins, caramel and some sour sap.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask @ GBBF 08. Black color, short head. Aroma of licorice, coffee. Bit sticky taste, toffee. Quite bitter, coffee again.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Black with medium beige head. Aroma has roasted malt, coffee and caramel notes. Sweet flavor with roasted malt, coffee, dark bitter chocolate and burned caramel. Ends roasted.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at the Alexander Hotel, Derby. Black with a thin tan head; aroma of woodland fruits; earthy, coffee ground flavours with some red fruit; light finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
From cask at Charlies. Pours dark brown to black with a diminished tan head. Light liqourice and roasted aroma, medium sweet. Liqourice and roasted malt flavour. Lingering liqourice flavour into the finish. Light sweet flavour. Ends with a light bitterness and a nice sweet liqourice note. Really great!
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at Charlies. Dark brown (almost black) - offwhite head. English licorice, burned, dryness, sweetness, lactose notes (milkey taste/feeling). OK
2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask at the Lincolnshire Poacher, Nottingham. Weak aroma of roasted malt and a touch of chocolate if you really stick your nose in there. Flavour was better but not that well balanced of dark fruits, liquorice and coffee. It was also too watery. Disappointing.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at the Cricketers, Bedford. Very dark brown with an off white head. Roast chocolate malt aroma. Musty dark sweet and sour taste with some coffee notes. Quite bitter. Thought it was a bit heavy and unsubtle.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask (gravity) @ The National Winter Ales Festival 2008, Manchester, UK. Clear dark red brown color with a small, fizzy, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, milk chocolate, vanilla. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. (180108)
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask @ Rook & Gaskill, november 07. Really deep black/ copper color with a medium, beige creamy head (sparkler). Dark caramel taste with some earthy/ vinous notes, through very slight and with some molasses traces. Warming. Medium palate, some malts with a strange spicy/ earthy finnish. Restrained earthy/ spicy aroma with some molasses. Quite nice mild porter with earthy notes.
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