3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask-conditioned at the Bag O’Nails, Bristol 9/12/07 (badged at 4.5%). Dark mahogany colour with a ruby tinge and a slight tan head which left plenty of lacing. Light malt and chocolate aroma. Chocolate flavour with some spicing and a short, dry finish. Good.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask (gravity dispense) at Reading Beer Festival, May 2008. Dark brown. Plenty of fruity malt with a slightly vinous, sour edge. Some licorice. I originally had this down as a tasty porter-like bitter but now I see it is on the site as a Porter. So I guess it must be a tasty bitter-like porter.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Gravity cask at Pigs Ear.
Lovely dark ruby.
Some smoke, coffee, cocoa. Sweetish, rather thin, not very impressive. Chocolate finish.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
A Mes rate. Gravicask at Pigs Ear. Dark brown with a thin off white head. Good coffee and chocolate notes promise lots but sadly it delivers little due to a very metallic finish. Full on iron. Probably not in great condition looking at the other rates.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask at Macclesfield Beer festival. Dark brown with creamy yellow head. Chocolate, coffee, with a bitter aftertaste, Could do with a little more life. Didn’t care for it much but it certainly isn’t rubbish, just didn’t fly my kite.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask gravity @ Reading Beer Festival 2008.
Clear medium to dark red brown color with a average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, moderate hoppy, grape, licorice. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is flat. (020508)
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask conditioned at Banbury Beer Festival 09-05-08 Pours dark brown with some nice ruby gints and an off white head. Good bitterness, nice roasty and chocolatey notes, this isn’t quite as memorable as it was the previous night when Glen passed me a little but its very decent stuff nonetheless.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask conditioned at Banbury Beer Fest ’08. Dark chestnut with slight malt head. Dark, roasty toasted notes, quite plummy with notes of liquorice and coffee overlaid with a sweetish caramel. Chocolate in the finish. Good stuff.
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