1.4 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 3/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 3/20cask at Maltings: one of the most bland examples of a stout that I have ever tasted. For being called a chocolate stout I didn’t taste any chocolate, and the normal coffee and chocolate notes of a stout with barly present. there was a slight bit a of roasted taste and that’s all I can really say. hardly any aroma. beer poured opaque with some ruby color at the bottom. a bit watery in the mouth for a stout too.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
on CasK @ the John Hewitt in Belfast .. . a nice subtle beer .. . light roast and light chocolate .. . tons of cocoa .. . smooth as silk .. . enjoyable on all points .. . . wu tang!!!
2 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 6/20
On tap at bridgehouse wetherspoons Belfast dark brown colour with creamy white head bland uninspiring beer with thin body and bitter aftertaste poor
1.9 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 7/20
Cask at the 2012 Pigs Ear Beer Festival, East London. Strangely a reddish pour with a white head. Toffee and caramel aroma. Caramel flavours. Sweet. Very unimpressive.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
500 ml bottle at the océan bar in Dublin.Nice chocolate stout but a little bit bitter. I recommend it
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cola-like pour with a thin tan lid. Aromas roasted malt, chocolate, hint of coffee, smoky. Very slightly dry and bitter on the palate. Chocolate and a coffee like bitterness the dominat tastes. Simple but tasty.
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3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Tasted this in the Esquire House, Glasgow (JDW) in November 2008. Cask, handpump dispense. Black ruby with light tints around the edges and a thin buff head. Sweet liquorice and dry vinous fruit present in the long aroma. Thin oily mouthfeel and good lacing. Dark malts gives strong juicy blackcurrant fruit and weak mocha coffee notes. Dry bitter hop resins gives a dusty aftertaste with coffee granules. Finish is dry with coffee, toffee and almonds in the flavour. A decent session stout and highly recommended.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
garnet red-brown with minimal head. Noticeable legs for a beer at 4.3 unusual. Hint of beech-smoke then rich roast barley on the nose. Robust body with bitter coffee, dark chocolate and burnt toast. Finishes with a not unpleasant coffee astringency.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Trade.
Dark beige pour with thich white head.. Aroma of roasted malt, coffee and dark dry chocolate.. A mild hop bite with the taste matching the aroma down to the dryness.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Bottle (500ml) shared with HogTownHarry & garthicus -- c/o garthicus. Pours dark brown with a small diminishing bubbly tan head. Mild aroma of cola, lightly roasted sweet malt and vanilla. Very watery flavour, like bottled cask beer, of roasted malt, chocolate. Quite thin, light bodied, no carbonation. Disappointing, just O.K. at best.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
500ml bottle shared by garthicus with me a blankboy. Deep opague ruby with pretty much no head (what was, was frothy). Odd aroma - vanilla bean, grassy bitterness, light chocolate syrup, maybe a bit of paint thinner (6-). Taste - simple, cleaner, a bit of herbal bitterness, again background cheap chocolate syrup. Extremely thin and watery, pretty much no carbonation, and a sadly accelerated finish to what malt there was. Not offensive, but disappointing.
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