3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask conditioned at The Hop, Leeds. Black with tan head. Full, rich, creamy stout, some sweetness, grainy but really pretty smooth. Later chocolate note. Good.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at The Vale Inn, Bollington. Black with a creamy thin tan head. Milky oaty stout with roasted malt, some faint smoke, light dusting of chocolate. Not bad at all.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
[cask at SIBA GNBF’11, Manchester] Black pour with an off-white head. Roasty deep aroma, some faint hop edge. Definitely roast the predominant flavour. Good malt backbone. A little hop in there to even it out. Drinkable roasty stout, enjoyed the chocolatey finish [28102011]
2.3 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 1/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 10/20
From a gravity tap at Northwich Beer Festival 17/09/2011 Very malty flavour, an alright stout, would probably be better on handpump ratheer than gravity
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask. A dark brown beer with a thin lazing off-white head. The aroma has notes of malt, caramel, and oats. The flavor is sweet wtih notes of malt, caramel, and oats, leading to a dry and lightly roasted finish.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask @ GBBF 2010. Pours a dark brown color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty chocolate and coffee aroma. Roasted malty chocolate flavor with hints of dark fruit and caramel. Has a roasted malty chocolate finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 15/20
cask at NWAF ... deep black ... soft dark chocolate roast ... light coffee nose .... dulll cold coffee ... nice but lacking body.... 2 for palate is probably crewl but its that thats draging this beer down ...
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle shared at the Euston Tap. Brown-black pour with a soft, off-white head. Lovely, rich aroma with cocoa, burnt malts, just nice chocolate. Good, straightahead flavor, lightly roasty, some hard, mineral malts, mild cocoa and burnt tree bark. Light bodied with fine, smooth carbonation. Strong, dry roast finish, some cocoa, hard malts, faint leafy and earthy bitterness. Just a super-solid stout here.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask gravity at GBBF 2010. Bit of yeast on aroma , maybe sulphur. Black in colour and lasting beige head. Bit of milky creaminess. Some roast, but a kind of milkiness to it. I’m not a fan. OK beer, just not for me.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
(Cask at GBBF, London Earl’s Court, 4 Aug 2010) Very dark brown colour with foamy, beige head. Malty, roasted nose with dark fruit, coffee and dark bread. Malty, roasted taste with notes of chocolate, dark fruit, smooth hints of roasted oats and a balanced bitterness in the finish. Medium body, smooth mouthfeel, with a touch of sweetness. Well balanced and tasty.
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