3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
(Cask at White Horse, Parson’s Green, London, 26 Nov 2011) Black colour with hints of ruby when seen through light. Frothy beige head. Malty, roasted nose with chocolate, coffee, liquorice and slightly citric/sourish aromas of wheat. Malty, roasted taste with notes of dark fruit, chocolate, coffee and a mild citric bitterness in the finish. Medium body, with a touch of sweetness. Tasty and well balanced stout with a gentle wheat twist. Quite nice.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at the White Horse Old Ale festival 2011, Parsons Green, London. A dark brown/black coloured pour with a thin beige head. Roasty, malty aroma. Tastes roasty, malty, fruity, hoppy, some bitterness.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at White Horse, Parson’s Green. It pours very dark brown, with a thin beige lace. The nose is roasted malt, milk chocolate, meat, wheat, smoke, varnish and soy sauce. The taste is wheat, chocolate, roasted malt, bread, filter coffee, medicinal, herbal, liquorice, cola, wood and varnish, with a dry finish. Medium body, soft carbonation and foamy mouth-feel.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
21st November 2011
Cask at the Old Fountain. Light just passes through this very dark brown beer. Bubbly tan head. Smooth palate, semi dry with mild carbonation. Dark malt, very mild roast. A little sweet candy fruits and a typical wheat beer bubblegum note. Dry finish with hop and malt bitterness. Not bad!
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask @ The Retreat. Pours brown black with a nice bubbly ranbed head leaving lacing. Aroma is slightly roasted, malty, a bit fruity abd sweet. Flavor is sweet, fruity, roasted malty, nicely bitter and a bit bready. Finishes bitter and roasted.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask at the White Horse, London. Pours brown-black with a soft, off-white head. Mild coffee and burnt wheat on the nose. Light to medium sweet flavor, pleasant roast, modest cocoa. Medium bodied with fine, smooth carbonation. Baking cocoa, light burnt leaf, roasty malt finish, some minerals. Very nice.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask (gravity) @ 27th Pigs Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2010, at The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, England
Clear dark black brown color with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, burnt, soft malt, licorice. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, coffee bitter, licorice. Body is medium, texture is oily and smooth, carbonation is flat. [20101130]
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask handpull at Pigs Ear 2010. Black lasting beige. Bit of charcoal on aroma. Some cereal in mouth with a dirty burntness that I find quite attractive. Bit of cake in there too. Good. Even some dark fruit on the finish.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at the Magpie & Crown, Brentford. Pours black with a red tinge around the edges and a mid-sized clingy cream or pale beige head. Coffee and roast malt on the nose, a chewy yet smooth body with notes of dark treacle, a hint of dried dates and a good solid bitterness, then a long dark roasty bitter finish. A very nice stout.
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