3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at Pigs Ear BF 2012, London. Pours black-brown with a fine, beige foam head. Burnt brown bread nose. Light sweet flavor, some earth, toasted dark bread, faint cocoa. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Moderate cocoa finish, light roasted malts. Good balance. Decent brew.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Deep black with a caramel head. Aroma is dry malt and liquorice. Flavour is burnt malt, dark berries with a creamy vanilla roast finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
500ml bottle at Porterhouse Cork. Chilled, would have prefered it off the shelf. Pours a dark charcoal with a layer of tan bubbles on the top. Nice aroma of nuts, coffee and bread. Light chocolate sweetness followed by a medium coffee bitterness on tasting. Dry, full finish, with quite lively carbonation for a stout. Lingering mocha aftertaste. Perfectly pleasant, but nothing spectacular.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Dark cola like pour with a frothy, tan head. Aroma: roasted malt, chocolate, coffee, peat, slight chicory. Full bodied and flavoursome. Good carbonation. Again not a bad drop.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Gravity @ Pigs Ear 2012. The pour’s deep brown with no head whatsoever. The nose is bright jammy red berry, some chocolate and dried wood. The taste is leather, roasted malts, charred wood and jammy berry. Rich chocolate. Dry finish. Smooth, silky body. Overall, a decent effort!
3.4 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask hand pull at GBBF. Very dark maroon, brown head. Aroma of burnt Starbucks and chocolate. Taste is watery coffee. Needs more body.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
I’m the first rater??? Weird. Anyhow, appearance: pitch black, thick brown head. Aroma: sweet espresso, chocolate, spice, leather. Flavour: thick espresso, chocolate, tangy leather, brown sugar. Long bitter finish. Lovely.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask @ GBBF, 2011. Pours black with no head. Soy, roast, fruit and coffee. Medium to smooth body. Low carbonation. Tasty!
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2011, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.
Clear dark brown black colour with a small to average, fizzy, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, nutty, coffee, dark dark roasted. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, dark roasted, light chocolate. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20110802]
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask. Black beer, with a small head. Malty vanilla aroma, tar and chocolate, milk and some toffee. Roasted flavor, smoky. I will try it again
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