3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
A Mes rate: Gravicask at Ealing Beer Festival.
Clear dark brown with a good off white head. Good roasted malt aroma with hints of fruit and a slight smokyness. A lovely sugary note in the flavour with some excellent roasty malt, really nice chocolate, slight liquorice and a good fruity chocolate finish. Quite dry. Rather tasty.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
Black colour with a thin white lace. Roasted malt aroma with hints of coffee. Thin texture. Rich roasted malt flavour with hints of coffee and chocolate. Bitter yet the beer has a sweet finish.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle - Black with tan head. Thin bodied. Medium carbonation. Roasted malts. Quite smoky. A little chocolate. Mildly better. Overall quite nice but a little watery.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
[Gravity cask at Chippenham Beer Festival] Black with brown hints, slight off-white head. Sweet & roasty with plenty of chocolate. Good, archetypal mild.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tan head good size dark pour with red brown tinge mild medium carbonation aroma coffee chocolate vanilla grain some liccorice flavours rich chocolate and coffee grittyness cocoa liccorice a mild grain taste very good tasting ale good vanilla touch finish mainly malty dark roasted malts medium bitter smooth grain fair aftertaste
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Pours jet black with a very thin beige coloured head. Aromas a not huge but as expected there is some raosted grain and a little espresso coffee. Flavours are much the same with some raosted grain bitterness. Slightly sour finish. Thinnish mouthfeel as expected. Not too bad.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
3.7% ABV bottle, 12C. Black with a coat of light tan head. Aroma of toffee, chocolate, coffee, hints of dark fruit. Smooth oaty mouthfeel with little carbonation. Thinnish but not watery. Tastes like it smells, maybe some stewed dark fruit too. No astringency associated with the coffee, but a gentle dry roasted malt finish. Worked surprisingly well in the bottle.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Black with a thin beige foam. Aromas are chocolate and coffee with aniseed and floral notes. Creamy with spritzy yeast and some oatiness and smoke. Flavours are roast malts and chocolate with herbal liquorice and blackberry. A decent mild. My bottle was 3.7%.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 13/20
Black colour with a thin head, chocolate aroma, a thin roast malt and chocolate taste.
2.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
A tasty mild with dry roastiness and latte flavourings. Nicely balanced and good palate, where some milds can be disappointingly thin.
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
(bottle conditioned) A cappuccion beige head rests for like only 15 seconds above a blackness that’s almost violet.. nose is roasty ,smokey malts ..milk chocolate ; in the mouth the beer is pretty oily ,roasty and with an abundance of chocolate . A long roasty dry bitterness .
The body is a bit thin , if this beer was more beefy -the texture would be spot on , lacks some base to compliment a good flavour range.
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