3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
20th February 2012
On tap at CP&K. Opaque black - brown beer, small tan head. Light dry palate. Sweet dark malts. Minerals and subtle fruits underneath. Coffee streak. Whisper of bubblegum toward the semi dry finish. Fresh and quite complex and eminently suppable!
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask in Craft Beer Co. Black with off white head. Nose is ale fruity, instant black coffee, caramel malt, bit of sulphur, possibly touch on the turn. Taste is cold black coffee, caramel, fruity hops. It’s a little too watery. Sweetish caramel fruity finish.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Gravity at Battersea beer festival 2012, tawny black with a clingy off white head, malty nose with hints of coffee, demerara and red fruit on palate, dry yet fruity finish. Somewhere between a bitter and a porter.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at The Harp, London. Very dark colour, nearly black, reddish in the highlights. Low tan head. Moderate roasty aroma, hints of coffee and dark chocolate. Soft and smooth mouthfeel. The flavour is roasty with coffee notes, medium dry. Decent enough.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask real Ale 0.5l GLASS. Mild coffeyish nose. Pale beige head (7mm). Dark black colour. No sweetness. Slightly coffeish. average hoppy taste. Nice colour. A good dry stout.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 18/20
Cask at the Gallowe Bird Public House. Fresh hops in the smell with a coffylike malty body. The off white head with big bubbbles lasts long. Refreshing mouthfeel and a good thirst quencher. One of the hoppiest stouts I’ve had. Brilliant.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask at CPK. Pours light brown with a subtle, off-white head. Mild dark malts on the nose, some roast. Flavor is lightly sweet with faint sugars and moderate roasted malts. Light to medium in body with fine carbonation. Dry finish with touches of burnt wood and charred malts. Alright beer.
3.5 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at Ealing beer festival. Black/deep brown pour with a medium sized beige head. Roasty aroma with hint of coffee. Tastes of chocolate, coffee, dark fruit, malty. Smooth and easy drinking. Nice stout from Dark Star.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask conditioned at The Rake, Borough. Black with slight head. Deeply bitter stout with heavy lashings of chocolate malts, burnt, coal then overlaid with a fruity, plummy note. Great beer to end the day on.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Gravity at Cambridge Beer Festival 2010. Red-brown with a medium-sized foamy head. Hops and lots of roasted malts in the scent, with some cherry there too. Dry. Some carbonation. White chocolate, milk and rhubarb in the mouth with some sulphur on the end.
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