3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle at my Pre-CBC Tune-Up Tasting. It pours deep brown, with a thin beige head. The nose is chocolate, roasted malt, meat, caramel and a touch of soy sauce. The taste is tangy dark fruit, roasted malt, toast, caramel and chocolate, with a dry-roasted finish. Medium body and soft carbonation. So-so.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask @ Euston Tap, Euston NW1. Pours a black color with a small creamy off-white head. Has a fruity malty roasty aroma with hints of chocolate. Roasted malty chocolate and caramel flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate finish.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
pours amber dark with a creamy off white head. The aroma is subtle sweet and roasted malts. The flavor is similar, malty brown ale notes on a bit of a bubbly body.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Hope is the worst of all evils for it prolongs the torment of man. Marmelise.
3.9 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle from the Bristol Beer Factory consumed in Frank (camper) at Baltic Wharf campsite, Bristol 27.01.12 Pours dark brown with a quite lovely nose, some sweet malts and a little honey syrupy sweetness and a bit of creamy milky chocolate. Dry and smooth with a light woodiness along with a dab of chocolate and milk, lovely. A9 A4 T7 P3 Ov16 3.9
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at home. Black pour, slight reddish tinge. Medium bubbly beige head, fades with little lacing. Nose is nice, big ovaltine, chocolate, some oatmeal, roast malts. Slightly thin palate, dry roast malts, hint of chocolate, more oatmeal. Slightly thin - would benefit from a fuller body on cask perhaps. Medium bitter ashy finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Deep brown black, fast-fading tan head. Lovely chocolate nose with a touch of vanilla and cream. Bit watery on the front, but finishes with nice dark mocha flavours. Carbonation a bit too strong for the texture, but very nice flavours nonetheless.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottled@my birthdaybash@Chriso. Deep ruby colour, small off-white head. Aroma is roasted malts, some caramel and dark fruity notes as well. Flavour is quite similar with some mild burnt wet wooden notes as well.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
[500ml bottle courtesy of cgarvieuk, as part of ’12 stouts of Christmas’] Black pour, decent white head. Roasty chocolate aroma. Slightly bitter toasty chocolate finish. Thin and sessionable. Finish is dry. A good stout, it would be very nice on cask, I’d think [20122011]
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
12 stouts of Christmas tasting with Craig and Rich. Pours a dark brown colour with a thin, light tan head. Nice malty aroma with chocolate, alcohol, Weetabix and a little milk. Similar flavours, definite milky, Ovaltine finish. Quite nice.
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