3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle from Stirchley Wines, Birmingham. Pours black, with a receding beige head. Smells faintly herby. The flavour is a bit medicinal, before any stoutiness kicks in. Chilli pepper finish, mild fruit jam middle and hot malt start. Not enough stout qualities: no smoothness, no charcoal, no cocoa. A smidge harsh and more of a spicy strong UK Ale. OK
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at Scopey’s CBC Tune-Up. Pours black with a tiny off-white head. The nose is light bitter roasted malts and light sugary raspberry fruit. The taste is very sugary raspberry fruits, tangy alcoholic coffee and more chocolate. Zesty and nimble on the tongue. Medium body, soft carbonation. Overall, a pretty good stout from Bristol, it stood out from most of the others.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle at my Pre-CBC Tune-Up Tasting. It pours very dark brown, with a thin beige head. The nose is raspberry, charcoal, roasted malt and jam. The taste is raspberry, jammy fruit, varnish, roasted malt, charcoal, toast, spice, treacle and alcohol warmth, with a dry-roasted finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. The amount of raspberry is just right. Well balanced. One of the best BBF stouts out there.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
traces of raspberry, dark, short head. Number ten of fourteen so a but sketchy on detail
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Black with a pleasant fruitiness. Some bitterness as well.Alcohol is understated and this makes for a very pleasant but dangerous stout.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
50 cl bottle, Sheffield, UK via Beer Ritz Leeds. Dense black, bitter chocolate and fruit aroma. Creamy texture, more chocolate with subtle tartness. Really nice as it warms, not cloying but balanced with a semisweet finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
3rd December 2011
ChrisOs Early December Tasting. Opaque black beer, good tan head. Light palate, semi dry. Smooth dark malt supports mildly tart raspberry. The malt turns creamy before the semi dry finish. Nicely joined up enjoyable fruit stout.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle. Reflective, onyx beer with a shrinking tan head. Strong cough medicine aroma (Benelin?), with tar, ink and chocolate notes if you go sniffing. Heavy, disjointed cough medicine flavour; thin and a little Baltic-salty. Twiglet-stirred. Solid base beer engulfed by medicinal weirdness. I like BBF and I like their stouts but this doesn’t work for me.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle 500ml. @ chriso [ oh6gdx birthday bash tasting ].
Clear dark black brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, dark burnt malt, dark chocolate, light raspberry, alcohol notes. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and light bitter with a long duration, raspberry. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20111203]
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Opaque black in colour with a decent, frothy tan head. Aroma of milk chocolate, caramel, a whiff of charcoal and some raspberry fruit. Flavour had plenty of chocolate sweetness before some lingering, tart raspberries culminating in a gently dry finish. Excellent.
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