3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask @ Hillsborough Hotel, Sheffield.Black with a small,creamy,beige head. Roasted malt, caramel,coffee and some dark chocolate. Very smooth,rich flavor. nice one.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
[cask @ RBESG 2009]
Roasty toasty vanilla hazelnut aroma. Opaque black with a lasting, dense beige foam. Flavour = roasty, slightly sour, vanilla, with a touch of bourbon. Creamy and with a tiny bit of bitterness. Light to medium body with low carbonation and a clean finish.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
[RBESG, Sheffield]
Cask @ Hillsborough Hotel, Sheffield.
Pours deep, almost black with a small, cappucino-beige head. Aroma is roasted with lots of dark chocolate. Soft carbonation, super creamy mouthfeel. Flavour is also top-class. Sweet, roasted, dark chocolcate, light blackberries. Super elegant.
Had it @ Marble Arch, Manchester next day. It was by far the best at Hillsborough. Marble Arch version was probably about a 3.3
2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 8/20
Cask in the marble arch, manchester. Alround rating: Big roasty burntness, burnt instant coffee, no balance. Poor show.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
RBESG Sheffield, day 2, Hillsborough Hotel. Cask. Black colour, creamy beige head. Aroma of roasted malts, coffee, cream. Flavour is light sweet, coffee, chocolate, nice roasted light bitter finish. Medium bodied. Loved it.
3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask @ Hillsborough Hotel. Creamy, malty, roasty aroma. Thinnish. Malty sweet flavor with chocolate. Nice one!
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle at EBF 2008, Copenhagen. Bottle-conditioned. Pitch black with a coffee aroma. Smooth and full of the usual porter flavours - roasted melt, coffee, chocolate - but too weak on the finish.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
EBF2008. This black stout has a creamy head, and the aroma has notes of chocolate, coffee and roasted malt. The flavour has a light sweetness, notes of chocolate, roasted malt, coffee, light licorice and a light roasted bitterness. This should be called Stunning Stout! It’s a very good example of, what I really like a lot: A well balanced stout with an extremely good and full body – and the AVB is fairly low and fools you into thinking it’s higher. I would love to have a cellar full of this stuff!
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (handpump) @ Hillsborough Hotel, Sheffield, Bedfordshire England S3 8GG.
On RateBeer Sheffield "Valley of beer" Crawl 2008. Clear dark brown color with a virtually none appearance, vitually none lacing, fully diminishing head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, roasted, smoke - peat. Flavor is moderate to light lgiht heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. (260708)
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: JUL 26, 2009 Cask on the Sheffield, on RateBeer Valley of Beer Crawl ’08...deep black, roast coffee malts,smooth chocolate roasts. loads chocolate loads coffee... 3.8
TK2 deep black ... thick creamy tan head ... good chocolate roast malt roast ... soft and smooths.4.2
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