3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask @ Black Bull, Coniston. Opaque brown with thick tan head. Nice coal and cocoa aroma. Smooth, easy, thin, and watery. Is too thin, and reminds me of a Guinness. Just a smack of dry powdered coal, carob, and cocoa. Disappointing.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask. The Black Bull Inn, Coniston. Medium off-white head, dark ruby-black body. Aroma of roastiness, nuts, chocolate with a hoppy bite. Bitter. Full-bodied, with a long bitter finish.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (gravity) @ NWAF 10, National Winter Ales Festival, The Venue, Sheridan Suite, Manchester, England.
Clear medium brown color with a small to average, frothy to fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, keller, oatmeal, light coffee. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100120]
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
[Cask at the Black Bull Inn, Coniston] Coffee and cough mixture, dry finish - a good and very tasty stout.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask. Pours an opaque dark brown with a vague orangey hue and hardly any head. Hard roasted malts in the nose with a whiff of tobacco. Medium body, a little hard roasted malt, a little licorice but dominated by tobacco, a little tar and smoke. Finishes dry with a subdued bitterness. 200110
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: JAN 28, 2010 1. Cask Handpump from the Foyer Bar at the Assembly Rooms, Derby 10/01/2009
Some roast aroma. Dark coloured smooth on the palate and slightly fruity with a little dryness in a crisp malt finish. (As Oatmeal Stout)
2. Cask Handpump at the Manor Arms Hotel, Broughton in Furness 13/06/2009
Rich roast aroma. Small beige head. Mid brown dark coloured smooth on the palate and fruity with a little dryness and oat flavour in a full roast finish. (As Special Oatmeal Stout)
3. Cask Stillage at NWAF The Venue, Miles Platting 20/01/2010
Malty aroma. Dark coloured a little rich on the palate and fruity with a dry caramel malt finish. (As Oatmeal Stout)
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask handpull at The Market Porter. Very dark ruby, lasting beige head. Toasty roasty malt aroma. Attractive. Pretty decent. Some dark fruits. Very drinkable.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask in the Market Porter. Alround rating: Sweeter roast malt with some chocolate coming through, lightly leafy fresh hop, mouthfeel is good. One of the few stouts id session one day.
4.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
UPDATED: MAR 14, 2010 From Windermere Wines. Beautiful black-brown appearance, with ruby tinge. Nice tan head. Coffee aroma immediately apparent. Malt and roast is well balanced and not overpowering and the hops are evident towards the end. One of the best bottled stouts I’ve tasted for a while and a great find. Would love to try it on cask.
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