3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
cask at GBBF 2010 ... Earls count... London ... southeast england ... united Kingdom ... Europe ... World ... dark nbrown / blac k ... toffee chocolate malt nose ... rich roast malts ... toffee ... chocolatre ... little charcoal.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask conditioned at The Post Office Vaults, Birmingham. Dark brown with cream head. Initially quite thin but then develops some body. Caramel mixed with liquorice and a grape like fruitiness. Ends reasonably full on the palate. Pretty decent.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
First tasted this in Coanes, Johnstone in November 1991. Cask, handpump dispense. Ruby black in colour with a thin tan head. Strong roast grain present in the long aroma. Thin oily mouthfeel and good lacing. Dark malts deliver a rich maltloaf base with treacle toffee, mocha coffee, raisin fruit and chocolate. Dry prickle of dusty hop resins add to the malt well in the short aftertaste. Dryness continues with roast almonds, liquorice and molasses in the robust malty finish. An excellent mild and one of the best examples out there. Highly recommended.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at GBBF 2010. A pitch black beer with a thin brown head. The aroma has strong notes of roasted malt as well as light notes of soy sauce. The flavor is sweet with strong notes of roasted malt, medium notes of caramel, and light notes of soy sauce.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask @ GBBF 2010, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.
Clear dark red brown color with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, burnt, coffee. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100804]
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask @ GBBF 2010. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate and weak licorice aroma with some hints of toffee. Roasted malty chocolate and toffee flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate and caramel finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask (GBBF 2010) - Black in colour. Roasted aroma with hints of coffee and plain chocolate. The taste is malty with roasted coffee and Bournville chocolate detected. Very tasty.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask@GBBF2010. Black colour, small brown head. Aroma is roasted malts, chocolate, coffee wood and mild liquorice. Flavour is roasted malts, liquorice, some caramel, mild hops, dark dry fruits and mild raisins. Very nicely balanced.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask (GBBF2010)
7 Rich chocolatey aroma
4 Black, small tan head
7 Massively chocolatey retronasals. Big roasty taste, quite burnt, but short of ashy.
4 Soft palate, carbonation low. Finish very roasty and chocolatey. Maybe some banana esters too.
13 Very solid mild.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask handpump at GBBF ’10. Very dark brown with an off white head. Ashy aroma. Undemanding ashy taste with dryness developing. Wanted a bit more grain, but it was fair enough.
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