3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20Cask at the 13th Egham Beer Fest. It pours opaque very dark brown with a small tan head. The nose is toast, soft dark fruit, chocolate, touch of manure, baking cocoa and earth. The taste is roasted malt, coffee, charcoal, dark chocolate, gateaux, dark fruit and earth with a dry, roasty finish. Full body, soft carbonation and oily mouth-feel. Nice chocolate aspect. Dangerously drinkable. An impressive brew from Downton.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Jan 2013 - draught. Sweet smokey and intense. Good body. Hides alcohol quite well and is not too sharp despite the 9%. It’s an OK sipping beer and a good beer of its type but I found this one quite sickly.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 14/20
Half pint at the Nags Head in Reading. Black with a bubbly head. Nice light chocolate aroma. Strong roasty taste, with plenty of chocolate and little alcohol burn. A good effort.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle 500ml.
Clear dark black brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, coffee, licorice. Flavour is light heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, dark roasted, chocolate, licorice, dusty. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20121208]
1.5 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 5/20
i found this rather overbearing, not unpleasant, but not particularly easy to drink. rather thin and cloying. lots of coffee.
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4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
(Gravity cask at White Horse, Parson’s Green, London, 23 Nov 2012) Black colour with brief head. Malty, roasted nose with notes of black coffee, dark chocolate and cacao. Malty, roasted taste with dark chocolate, black coffee, hints of liquorice and a generous cacao bitterness in the finish. Almost full body, with a touch of sweetness. Well rounded, tasty and excellently balanced. Lovely beer.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle bought from the Pigs Ear Beer Festival. Black pour with a beige head. Blackberry, chocolate, coffee and raisin aroma. Dark roast coffee flavour with lots of plain chocolate and raisins. Good alcohol burn. Dry, roasty finish. Nice.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at Pigs Ear Festival 2012. black beer thin tan collar. Lots of choc which is nice. A bit of choc sponge. Heat comes through as a spiciness. Pretty good. A melted bourneville choc quality to it. Good.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask @ 13th Egham Beer Festival. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty hoppy bitter chocolate aroma. Roasted malty hoppy bitter chocolate flavor. has a roasted malty hoppy bitter chocolate finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask at The White Horse Old Ale Festival, London. Pours black with a fine, brown bubble head. Tangy dark malt nose. Medium sweet flavor with light licorice, bittersweet cocoa, moderate charred malt roastiness. Medium bodied with fine, soft carbonation. Bitter, oily cocoa finish with very faint warming alcohol and earthy bitterness. It’s decent, although I’m not a fan of that tangy edge some British imperial stouts have.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask conditioned at Egham Beer Fest #13. Black with tan head. A big heavy beer, masses of liquorice and coffee on the palate but tending towards tartness unfortunately. Tangy, roasty but a struggle for me, I didn’t really take to it.
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