3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask handpull at Evening Star, Brighton. Black body dark brown edges. Thick lasting beige head. It’s a very decent stout. Lovely and full in the mouth. Good roast malts. Some ash and a very decent sting on the finish. Good stout, in fact one of the better British cask stouts I’ve had in some time.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: SEP 12, 2010 Cask-conditioned at the Seven Stars, Bristol 11/09/10 @4.7%. almost black with a small, yet tight, tan head. Aroma of dark chocolate, tart damsons, black coffee and grains. flavour had more chocolate, oatmeal, some dark fruit and a dry finish. An excellent stout.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Pours deep black, nose is rich roast chocolate with a hint of treacle. Big burnt malt and dark chocolate body with long roast bitter finish and a hint of pepper.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: APR 28, 2010 1) Gravity, Coventry 2010. Almost pitch with a loose tan rim. Aroma charcoal, flavour no frills and ashy with hints of chargrilled meat, chocolate and blackcurrant. Good dusty roast. Really hangs on. Fun. 737314
2) Cask handpull, The Crown, Nuneaton. Deep ruby with red tints and a beige collar. Pungent toast aroma with some lovely blackberry, vinous fruit, and Youngs-type melted confectionary. Milky, deep and highly attenuated; burnt toast, chocolate, bramble and burnt nuttiness. Slightly massive. 848415.
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