3.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20Hand pulled cask at JDW Hatch End. Deep ruby brown with a modest beige head. Fairly sweet for a stout with more milk chocolate notes than roastiness.
Restrained dusty english hops in the finish but increasingly enjoyable over a half gallon session.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
50 cl bottle.
Originally rated on 20090401.
Pours dark brown color with a small head. Aroma of milky chocolate, malts, caramel and some fruity notes. Flavor of caramel malts, chocolate and cocoa. A bit watery.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Aroma has licorice, coffee. Black with short and thin head. Dry, roasted taste has licorice. Lack nuances.Light body, almost watery feel, low carbonation. Bit plain and flat, not much personality.
3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
50 cl bottle @ home, BBE 17.03.2012
Tasted in vertical with Bath Dark Side, this was worse
Looks a lot like cola drink with big-bubbled and disappearing head. Slightly sour aroma has toffee, goldings-like hops, coffee, some roastiness. Palate is too thin and a bit watery. Flavour is rather light with coffee, harsh roastiness and hints of toffee with goldings. Unlike Dark Side, this was too watery and light.
2.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 15/20
Dark blackin colour,offwhite head that quickly dissapated. Smooth fruity flavours with rasin/coffee hints. Nothing adventerous, just a great stout.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Medium beige head. Nearly opaque black body goes deep dark red at edges. Roasty grainy prunes aroma with soy sauce notes. Dry-sweetish earthy chocolatey taste is very mild. Soft, smooth mouthfeel. Mid-bodied. Dry roasty mineraly spicy aftertaste with earthy notes. Delicate and rather elegant. Very nice and highly drinkable. (0.5l bottle from BeerMerchants.)
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
50cL bottle. pours a coffee brown. smells of roasted barley. tastes of roasted malt and a slight bit of chocolate and coffee. smooth, but a little thin at the offset. A pretty drinkable stout.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
500ml bottle. Poured a very dark brown with a quickly fading beige head. Buttery, toffee & roasted malt aromas. Toffee, diacetyl buttery-loaded again backed by a dry, powdery chocolate sweetness & roasted malt bitter finish. Light to medium body and medium carbonation with a dry, relatively short malty bitter end. Wouldn’t have had this down as a stout but it might’ve been due to the dominant butter character.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle from Beermerchants. Pours very dark brown with a small beige head.Aroma of roasted malts, some chocolate. Taste is smooth roasted malts,light bodied, watery mouthfeel. A bit too thin for my likings, but enjoyable .
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2010, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.
Clear dark brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, cold coffee, light toffee. Flavor is light heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100806]
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
6th January 2009
Very dark brown beer - just about clear. No real head. Nice dark ale - smooth, subtle toasty malt, subtle chocolate. A distinct nutty flavour and a little porterish tang. Not bitter or dry. Low carbonation but goes down easy.
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