3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask@25th Burton Summer Beer Festival, 2007. Black beer with a roasted and malty aroma and flavour. Overall a nice beer.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap at the brewery. Beige head that was the darkest of any of the dry stout heads that I have encountered. Very, very dark brown colour. Coffee aroma. Hell of roasty and hell of matly as well. A little bit bitter. Coffee and chocolate tastes were very prevalent.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Franciscan Well 17/05/06. Good deep black body with a well kept light tan head. Smoke (cigarettes) on the nose which carries through to the taste, soy sauce, just a little harsh. Light to medium body.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask (gravity dispense), Cambridge Beer Festival, May 2006. Very dark - almost black - appearance with a scant beige head. Robust roast malt aroma. Dry mouthfeel with some powdery cocoa notes. An agreeable enough, if undemanding, dry stout.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask conditioned - gravity dispense - Cambridge BF. A flat looking black stout. The aroma has some dry roastiness together with some smoke. The taste is dry with again a little roastiness. It’s drinkable but all too clean and uneventful for a stout.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask at Cambridge Beer Festival 2006. Black with amber hues. Roasted, slightly sweaty malt upfront with a dry bitter roast finish. Notes of dark chocolate and coffee. I didn’t find it very interesting.
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