3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask conditioned at The Woolpack, Banbury. Black with red hue, cream head. Lovely richly roasted flavours with fruits, raisins and forest berryies with quite a sweetish note in the body, perhaps more Mild than Stout but loses nothing in the drinking. A touch smoky with a burnt finish, lovely moorish beer for the ABV.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Dark brown with a small beige head. Delicious chocolate aroma. The chocolate flavours has a roasted malts edge. A bit thin for all those flavours. I think it is more of a mild than a stout, but still highly recommended.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Mini Cask. Bishops Arms Järntorget. Gothenburg. Dark brown colour with a small beige head. Light roastiness, licorice, coffee, earthy hops. Dry finish. Light bodied and easy drinking.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at the White Swan, Highbury, London on 3rd January 2010. Dark red with cream coloured semi-lacing foam head. Malty with some roasted malts and a little nutmeg spice. A hint of aniseed. Not overly sweet, and indeed a dry finish ensues on a fairly lively mouthfeel. Pleasant beer.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle (in NZ), pours a dark reddy-brown with a foamy brown head. Just a light malty nose. The palate is roasty and dry, with lots of coffee flavour. The finish is creamy and smooth. Quite moreish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottled@SBWF2008. Deep amber colour, mediumsized beigeish brown head. Aroma is caramel malts, quite sweet hops and some mild coffeeish notes. Flavour is pleasantly burned malts mixed with some dark bready hints and coffee. Also mild vanilla and dark fruits.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Dark brown, thick beige head. Fluffy, malty chocolate aroma. Taste butterscotch, good chocolatey stuff with a long, well-balanced finish. Excellent.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
500ml bottle (Porvoo Harvest/Dark Beer Festival 2007)
Near black, thin tight head. sweet dark berry, cranberry or raisin, aroma. rich burnt malt taste, dry and bitter. slightly watery but that clears the palate for the simple long burnt finish. great for 4%.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle.Dark with a malty background. Slightly roasted but a bit thin. I am having a strange run of beers scarring around 3.4 Pleasant but not outstanding. Weird.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottled.
Dark brown. Brief and small off-white head.
Pretty roasted and salty aroma.
Dry cocoa and vanilla in the flavour. A bit thin.
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