3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Not as dark as a typical stout. Chocolate dark, I guess? Smells like oats and smoke. Soft, toasted malts with some smoke which comes to prominence over time. More like a porter, maybe?
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask at GBBF 2011. Opaque dark brown color. Aromas and flavors of chocolate, coffee and toffee. Sweetish with some old coffee taste.
3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Draft at the source. Murky brown color. Aroma of cocoa and salt. Taste is similar. Not bad.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at GBBF 2011. Cloudy dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma of licorice, chocolate and dried fruit. Sweet roasted malt flavour with a fruity touch and a slightly ashy finish
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
GBBF 2011. Dark brown body, offwhite head. Aroma of rosted malt, coffee, some lactic acid?. Taste has more sweet and intense coffee. Very smooth.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
3rd August 2011
GBBF. Cask. Opaque black beer, residual tan head. Smooth, semi dry palate. Mild dark malt. A little chocolate and very mild roast. Trace of red fruits underneath. Not bad.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at GBBF London august 2011. Black with a small beige head. Sweet licorice, coffee and chocolate flavor and aroma. Really nice stout :-)
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask (gravity) @ GBBF 2011, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.
Unclear medium to dark brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, burnt, coffee, dark roasted. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, acidic berries, dark roasted. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20110803]
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Gravicask, poured into my one- third pint glass consumed at the USA Cask Ale Bar, GBBF ’11. Dark brown body. Initial, short-lived, fawn-coloured head. Aroma of fruity chocolate. Chocolate, oatmeal and a touch of lactose in flavour. Alright drinking without further excitements (London, 03.08.2011).
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask @ GBBF 2011. A clear black colored beer, with a small beige head. The aroma of chocolate with wheat. The taste is gentle bitter, with some chocolate and notes of fruit. The aftertaste is dry, some chocolate sweets.
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