3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
JDW beer festival : Soy-sauce aroma, but really nice. Sweetness from the blackcurrant balances (disguises?) the bitterness from the dark malts.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask by handpump at Last Post, Paisley - pours black with a good oatmeal head, sweetish with coffee / blackberry flavour, quite smooth, different
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
bottle at home
pours black with thin tan head. ashy, chocolate nose. A hint of fruity blackberries but generally an interplay of coffee grounds, roast barley and dark chocolate.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
500ml bottle. Pours black with a ruby hint and a large head. Aroma is yeasty and roasty with a little bit of fruit. Taste has coffee to start. Yeasty roast finish with some berries on the aftertaste.
3.1 AROMA 1/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Like no other stout I’ve tasted. Really does taste of blackberries. I was pleased with this one for taste and being different.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask at the Rockingham Arms JDW. Black with a fine beige head, roast coffee and a little fruit on nose, then a lovely rich roast and burnt bitter bite with creamy dark fruit notes.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
On cask. Pours a dark brown colour with a thick light tan head. A little diacetyl aroma with Ribena blackcurrant also. Similar berry flavour with roasty malt also.
2.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
Betwixed and between a stout and ale, although has no real flavour to it. Dry finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
500ml bottle. Forms a big pillowy head. Aroma of blackberries (unsurprisingly) but they only surface occasionally in the taste. Medium bodied. Has a nice roastiness in the finish. An interesting stout, well worth trying.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask @ The Rook & Gaskill York. A pitch black colored beer, with a small thick beige head. The aroma of coffe with dark red fruits. The taste of bitter coffee with sweet fruits. The aftertaste of bitter coffee with some sweet.
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