3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Large light tan head tops the close to black pour. Immediately roasty, grainy and coffee-like nose with limited sourness works well. In the mouth, the focus slides towards coffee and solely coffee which makes it quite simple, but frankly well extracted and rather pure flavours, so it still hits the spot.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Hand pulled at the Wellington, Birmingham. Dark, sweet, but with pockets of peppered dryness. Smooth and pleasant.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at the Waggon and Horses, Halesowen. Pours ruby black with no head. Aroma is mild fruity coffee. Taste has a roast malt fruity start and a fruity bitter finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask. A deep red beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of malt and caramel as well as lighter notes of roasted malt. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of roasted malt and caramel, leading to a dry finish.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask (handpump) @ The Brewery Tap (Derby’s Royal Standard), Derwent Street, Derby, Derbyshire England DE1 2ED.
Clear dark brown color with a average to large, frothy to creamy, good to excellent lacing, fully lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, dark roasted, chocolate, dusty coffee. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100117]
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: MAY 14, 2010 Cask. Clear dark brown with an orange hue and a beige head. Roasted nose with chocolate and coffee. Light body, flat, rather roasty again with coffee notes. Very subdued bitterness. 170110 and 200110
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Black and tan beer with pleasant initial flavours of milk chocolate, toffee and butterscotch and roast malt. Sadly these disappear to an ignominious watery, oaty finish. Like a lot of my school reports: showed promise but just couldn’t be arsed.
2.5 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask, OOTV/Vin IV, Leicester. Pours dark ruby with minimal tan head. Light smoky aroma. Thin, chocolate-milky flavour with some sweetness but not enough tang or bitter balance for me.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask, Derby Winter Fest 09. Black with red tints and a beige head. Aromas are smoky and earthy with some lactose. Lightly peppery. Flavours are sweet malts with chocolate and smoky, earthy notes. Som sweet toffee with citrus.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask@Nottingham Beer Festival, 2008. Black beer with a malty aroma and a malty and bitter flavour. Overall an average malty beer.
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