3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Blackish beer with a roasted, hopped and dry aroma and flavour. Overall a very nice beer with a lot of character.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask gravity at White Cliffs BF 2011. Black as hell. Thick beige head. Liquorice burnt engine oil on aroma. Great condition in the mouth. Some fish oil. Dry on end. Everything about this beer should make me not like it. But I do. I love the dry roast finish. Rather distinctive. The dark roast dark choc comes thru. Odd individual but likeable.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask Handpump at the Harlequin, Sheffield 24/11/2007
Roast malt aroma. Tan head. Black and strong in alcohol with a crisp and slightly dry fruity bitter finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
50 cL bottle, courtesy of fonefan. Pours dark brown with a small orange rim. Roasted malt and spiced aroma. Smooth chocolate and spiced flavoured with a light dry acidic roasted flavour coming through. Lingering acidic and spiced finish. Nice one.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle at home ... Thanks to Fin for the Londis Garage 300 bottle selection recomendation... Deep black ... sour roast nose ... ineterestingly the sourness isnt present in flavour ... deep roast ... quite sweet ... light hop ... little chalky in mouthfeeel ... smooth roast
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
<b>Bottle 50cl.</b>
Clear medium to dark brown color with a average, frothy - creamy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light light heavy malty, roasted, caramel, chocolate, light hoppy. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20081003]
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (gravity) - Norwich Beer Festival 2010. A small, initially bubbly head dispersing to a creamy layer of foam. Smokey roasted malts and red berry aromas. More smoke & roasted malt accompanied by some coffee on the palate. Quite a dry, lingering finish, a soft & creamy mouthfeel and medium in body. A tasty local-ish stout.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
11th September 2009
Cask at Chapel Beer Festival. Opaque black beer with a malty dark chocolate nose,. Smooth soft palate, low carbonation. Malt is lightly toasted. Sublte and unsweet dark chocolate and light lacto. Hangs together well.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottled. A deep red-brown beer with a thin brown head. The aroma is sweet malty with notes of roasted malt and soy sauce. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of rosted malt, leading to a dry bitter finish. Thanks fonefan and Brugmansia for sharing.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle conditioned, 500ml from Bellingers Garage, Grove, Oxon. Dark brown with creamy head. Quite a smokey, ashy, tobacco aroma leading to a liquorice, sourish, tarry flavour. Sweetness in the background, a little artificial. An odd beer but fairly drinkable.
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