2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
On cask at the Holy Inadequate, Etruria. Pours black with slight tan head. Sickly sweet and flat. Hard work due to the sweetness. Disapppointed
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask @ The Rutland Arms, Sheffield. The pour’s deep brown with a tiny khaki head. The aroma’s roasted nuts, a bit of raisin, chocolate syrup. Nice earthy roastiness to cut the sweetness. The taste is similar. A bit of bitter dark chocolate. Light roasted malts. Hints of sweet dark fruits. Smooth, easy-drinking stuff. Overall, not bad.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask, Derby Winter Fest 13. Very dark brown with a thin foam. Aromas are nutty with chocolate and milk chocolate. Weetabix with winter berries and floral notes. Earthy with hints of musty cheese. Flavours are chocolate and Weetabix with light roast coffee. Nutty with a lightly fruity finish. Decent.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On cask @ Coach and Horses Dronfield - a deep black body with a tan head, coffee and mocha on the nose, a bit smoky and a bit roasted. The taste is a smooth coffee, a bit of nut a bit cigar. A solid mouthfeel, lasting bitter finish. Pretty good.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask @ Rutland Arms 011112
Black with tan head
Aroma of soft roasted malts. Taste of bitter roasted malts, coffee, some earthy malts, touch of charred wood
Palate - soft carb, light body. Finish - dry bitter roast linger, too dry
Overall - OK stout but too dry
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at the Shakespeare, Sheffield. Shared with JmGreenUK.
Thick creamy tan head. Clear dark pour. Nice hint of bitterness with hints of coffee and chocolate. Nice stout.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask (handpump) @ Rutland Arms, 86 Brown Street, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England S1 2BS.
Clear dark black colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, burnt caramel, roasted, burnt, dark roasted. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, dark roasted, light soy sauce. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20111020]
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at the Shakespeare, Sheffield. Dark, crude oil looking pour with a broken tan head. Big typical peaty stout aroma with a spicy peaty liquorice flavour and a hint of bitterness on the palate. A lovely stout indeed.
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2.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
Has a good clean aroma, but little taste is expelled in this medium bodied ale.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask conditioned handpump Harp London 23/07/12. A near black coloured beer with a tan coloured bubbly head. An oatmeally stout with nice roasty flavours too and a nice hint of modern hoppiness also. A well balanced and tasty modern stout.
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