3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask Real Ale at Gallows Bird. Slightly coffeyish nose. Thin head. Dark black reddish colour. Bitter coffeyish band malty taste. Sourness also. At the end hoppy bitterness. A dry stout. Alcohol well hidden.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Cask (Gallows Bird, Espoo, Great Baltic Adventure)
7+ Lovely chocolatey aroma.
4+ Very dark, small loose head.
7+ Lovely mellowness combined with a huge imperial stout. A touch sweet. So English in its subtlety. No alcohol at all.
4+ Full and smooth, carbonation low. Lovely burnt finish, no ashiness. A touch of fresh hops, a little dry and peppery, some hint of wet sheep too.
17 Puts everything together brilliantly, and is a wow, even if nothing individually says wow. English imperial stout simply doesn’t get better than this.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask (handbottled, thanks K.K.!). Pitch black colour with a small off-white head. Aroma is coffee, roasted malts, chocolate and some dark dry fruits. Also some slight notes of alcohol to be found. Flavour is being quite similar along with some nuttyness and liquorice. The flavour hides the alcohol rather well.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
RA cask @ Angleterre. Dark brown bright, beige small but forever lasting and lace leaving head. Pear, espresso coffee, liquorice... a litlle bitter after taste. a bit buttery, long and bitter and moist after.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask @Angleterre 14.6.2011. Poured black with a steady beige head. Aroma is coffee and plums. Smooth palate, flavor is roasted malt, chocolate and lots of coffee. Dry chocolaty finish. Very drinkable, impressive IS!
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask at Angleterre, Helsinki, during the Great Baltic Adventure. Poured black in color with fluffy tan head. Roasted coffee, dark chocolate and faint hints of dark whole bread. Dark roasted coffee and light notes of chocolate in flavour. Salty liqourice also in flavour. Pleasant roasted aftertaste. Really delicious and ends with a nice warming finish.
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask @ GBA @ Gallows Bird. Pours black with a non-existent, light head. Aroma is roasty with notes of coffee. Taste is roasty, roasty and notes of coffee again. Very one-dimensional.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask @ The Great Baltic Adventure Real Ale Festival @ Gallow’s Bird, Espoo
Pours black with a small bubbly head. Aroma has hints of burned malts, tobacco and ash. Taste is smooth with notes of ash, black coffee beans and burned malts. Full bodied, heavy. Finish is dry and smoky with notes of bitterness and espresso.
3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
(Cask at Great Baltic Adventure/Gallows, 20110611) The beer poured black. Its head was almost white. Aroma had roasted malts and nuts. Palate was full bodied and dry. Flavours were almost bunt malts, ash, nuts and bitterness. Aftertaste was burnt and bitter. A bit too dry and ashy beer.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
(Cask at White Horse, Parson’s Green, London, 26 Nov 2010) Black colour with brief, beige head. Roasted, malty nose with notes of coffee, chocolate, dark bread and a touch of asphalt. Malty, roasted taste with black coffee, dark chocolate, ashes, liquorice and a slightly vinous finish with a generous coffee bitterness. Almost full body, with balanced sweetness. Very nice.
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