3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
No rates for two years?! Drinking this at source. Lovely beer. Plenty of bramble fruit, some roast and milk sweetness.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask conditioned handpump Roebuck Nottingham. A black stout with a whitish head and lacing. A nice creamy milky consistency to this stout with has lightly roasted notes throughout. Dry in places buth then some fruity sweetness too. A good layered stout.
2.5 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
June, 2008 Old Cottage Tavern, Burton - Sparkler. A standard stout. Slightly greasy. No hops. Thin body. Some blackcurrant. Not great.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
UPDATED: JAN 27, 2009 The Crown, Nuneaton. Still and collarless. Liquorice, earth and faint smoke. Hint of dusty choc as it warms. Inappropriate, almost Flemish sourness. Lacks body and conditioning. Difficult.
(Re-rate, back at The Crown). Curranty aroma with oily English hop and buttery hints. Dark ruby becoming headless. Sticky dark fruit, faint marzipan, vinous splashes. Bitterness more hop than roast-derived. Better, but still a bit feeble and unstouty.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask at GBBF08. Fruity and roasted aroma. Almost black colour, small frothy head. The flavour starts off roasted with a little liquorice, turns fruity and finally sourish and salty. Strange combination, but OK.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
I liked it, very toasted grains flavour but a little watery. I can drink it more and more. Had it at GBBF 2008.
2.3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 9/20
Gravity Cask @ Reading Beer Fesitval 07. Sweet chocolate and malt nose. Thin sweet malt body. There was a little bit of an odd flavour. I wasnt keen on this.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
A Sim rate (cask at Reading BF): Smells of nothing much but slight cheese. Tastes like liquid blue cheese. Tangy.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask Stillage at the Victoria Leisure Centre, Nottingham 19/10/2002
Dark coloured and smooth on the palate. Some roast malt and hops in the finish.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask, Burton Winter Fest 06. Near black, dark brown, no head. Aromas are earthy sweet roast malts with some nuttiness and smokiness. Flavours are earthy, light roast malts with some smokiness. Soft and mellow in character with unfortunate hints of metal and a stale character. Thick and oily on the palate.
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