3.1 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at Wellington Arms, Bedford. Dark brown, small off-white head. Faint malt aroma. Slightly sour taste with some cocoa, but on the watery side for a stout. More of a mild really. Quite liked it.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
3rd December 2011
ChrisOs Early December Tasting. Clear dark brown beer, small pale tan head. Tangy dark malt. Mild hop bitterness and a thin dry finish. Not bad.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle 500ml.
Clear dark brown colour with a small, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, roasted, honey. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and light to moderate bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20111202]
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottled@Chriso (bought from Fat Cat, Norwich). Very deep ruby colour, small head. Aroma is fruity, wooden, mild ashes and some slight earthy and herbal notes. Flavour is caramel, toffee, roasted malts and some mild smoked wet wooden notes.
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
500ml bottle, drunk on 2 December 2011. Best before 01 Feb 2014. Not the darkest stout - dark reddish brown rather than black. Chocolate dominates the aroma and flavour. Quite soft mouthfeel and a little thin for a stout. Pleasant drinking but could use a bit more weight.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottled at oh6gdx’s birthday bash at chriso’s. Murky brown, small head. Coffee aroma. Dry and coffeeish, bit fruity withmedium body and rounded mouthfeel. Mid-bitter finish. Well balanced.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle at Pat’s birthday chriso tasting, London. Pours clear, ruby-brown with a bubbly head. Subtle roasted malt aroma with hints of dirt and cocoa. Lightly sweet flavor with some dry cocoa and light earth. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Dry, roasty finish with faint, toasty bread. OK.
3.4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle at Pat’s birthday tasting at Chriso’s. Cloudy brown colour, tan head. Nose is chocolate, treacle and lactic notes. Nice chocolate and roasted malt. Bit of lactic creaminess.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask, Newark Winter Fest 10. Dark brown with a thin off-white head. Aromas are toffee and caramel with peat. Also some chocolate and grapefruit. Flavours are dry roast malts with sweet caramel. Sweet and malty. Decent.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask@Newark Winter Beer Festival 2010. Blackish beer with a roasted and rich aroma. The flavour is lightly roasted, bitter and rich. Overall an average stout.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
BC takeout from The Fat cat, Norwich. Very deep clear ruby with slim beige collar. Aroma ash, sun-baked bin liner full of apples and leaves, background roast, sulphur and chocolate. Creamy and pleasantly smoky with milky mocha, a gentle kick of bittering hop, a scattering of ash, earth and a bit of plastic. Tasty, but not the pick of the Fat Cat beers.
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