2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Hand pulled at the Wellington, Birmingham. Dark chestnut. Scum top. Thank God - a pleasant one at last. Fairly dry and non commital to start, then levers into a fruitcake sweetness and a smidge of roasted choc. Not bad, although aroma is bad.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
500ml bottle.
Dark tawny, beige head.
Lots of roasted malt in the aroma, chocolate, coffee beans, smoke, hops, yeast, earth.
Dry, medium body and bitterness, balanced CO2.
Malty, roasted taste, chocolate, ashes, smoke, quite fruity, spicy hop notes. Amazing to pack this amount of flavour in a beer that’s 4% ABV.
(2011-10-15)
3.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask at Barnton Cricket Club Ber Festival 2011. Dark with a slight fruity berry type flavour
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask @ The State. Dark brown - ruby red colour, tan head. Nose is light roasted malts, bit of coffee, some fruits. Flavour is light roasted malts, coffee, dark fruits, bit of tobacco. Roasty and fruity finish.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at the Sussex. Deep dark red with beige head, and coffee and demerara on nose, toasty palate with dark fruit and roast nuts. Burnt caramel and bitter finish. Delicious on a winter evening!
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask, handpump at The Hop Pole, Aylesbury, Bucks 03.08.11 Pours chestnut brown with an off white head. Fruity with some demerara sugar, roasty (but smooth) some coffee, this is really nice. A6 A5 T7 P4 Ov14 3.6
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask-conditioned at the Commercial Rooms (JDW), Bristol 14/05/2011. Attractive mahogany in colour, with ruby undertones when held up to the light, and a slight, off-white head. Aroma of sloes, camp coffee and milk chocolate. Pleasant, dark fruit, coffee and liquorice flavours, with a touch of bitterness in the finish. Enjoyable.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
(cask) clear darkest ruby colour with a creamy off-white head. aroma of starchy grain and dark fruit, slightly vinuous, with a light hint of barnyard. flavour is milk chocolate and spicy grain, with light notes of dark fruit. light to medium body with soft carbonation.
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