3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at GBBF 08. Looks great - completely opaque black with a lush cream head (like a certain well-known stout, but smaller). Lots of raisin and roasted malt on the nose and in the flavour. Very smooth and drinkable.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
First tasted this in the Hogshead, Paisley in October 1999. Cask, handpump dispense. Dull black in colour with a thin creamy tan head. Roast malt in the strong lingering aroma. Creamy mouthfeel and good lacing. Dark malts give plenty of flavours with roast coffee, bitter chocolate, caramel, and raisins. Dusty hops give a dry bitter tang to the dry aftertaste with a touch of liquorice and ash. Finish is well balanced with sweet currants evident. An excellent session mild.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On tap at Capital Ale House - Downtown on 01/04/2011. Dark black body with a medium creamy tan head. Sweet chocolate, molasses, and light smoke aroma. Dry chocolate, molasses, roast and light smoke flavor. Medium light body with moderate carbonation.
2.5 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Draft Nitro head settles down quickly. Dark brownish black. Thin tan head does not last. Watery mouthfeel. I HATE Guiness and this is only slightly better. Toasty burnt coffee flavor is faint. Easily forgettable and not really enjoyable or something I will look for again. Weak.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
From cask. Pours dark brown to black with a small, dense and off-white head. Aroma is roasted malty, light breadish and vague liqourice. Bitter and dark roasted malt flavoured. Breadish and mild liqourice. Smooth malty finish.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask @ GBBF 2009. Pours a dark brown color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty chocoalte aroma with hints of caramel. Roasted malty caramel flavor with some hints of chocoalte. Has a roasted malty caramel finish.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (handpump) @ Great British Beer Festival, GBBF 2008, Earls Court, London, England SW5.
Clear dark brown color with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, fully lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, chocolate and nutty notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium to light, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. (080808)
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
I should have said I already had tried this one. It was not so special, nice nut taste but a little wtery and biter. Had it at GBBF 2008.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at the Dispensary, Liverpool. This strikes me as a textbook mild; it’s impossible to fault it, but nothing about it is outstanding or especially memorable. It’s dark brown in colour a smooth body and flavours of dark fruit, chocolate and roast malt.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask@GBBF2008. Black colour, mediumsized brown head. Aroma is roasted malts, some coffee, toffee and dark fruits. Flavour is malts, dark fruits, some roast and mildly smoked wood. Pleasantly balanced.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Cask at GBBF 2008 ... deep black nice creamy head ... sweet toasted malts ... rich smooth roast malts ... sweet and easy
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