3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask-conditioned at the Seven Stars, Bristol 7/5/2013. Near black with a hint of red and slight, off-white head. decent coffee notes, slabs of plan chocolate, some fruity hops and dryish finish. Very enjoyable.
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
UPDATED: MAR 4, 2013 Bottle. Black with a lively tobacco coloured head. Seasoned firewood, leather armchair, faint chocolate and coffee. A no frills traditional stout , done very well.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask@The Jubilee, Norwich. More or less black/very deep amber colour with a small beige head. Aroma is sweet malts, liquorice, raisins, mild roasted notes. Flavour is raisins, roasted malts, some liquorice, wood and mild nutty notes. Wood and liquorice in the aftertaste.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at The Speaker, London. Pours clear brown with a fluffy, off-white head. Some roasty tobacco in the nose. Light to medium sweet flavor with baking cocoa, charred malts and mild dirt, which provides some bitterness. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Mildly dry to finish, with chalky roast and cocoa. A solid, low-octane stout.
3.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Thanks Sev for buying this bottle for my birthday. Pours a very dark ruby brown colour with a fair light tan head. A hoppy pine aroma before chocolate, roasty malt and coffee come through. Similar flavours. Very drinkable with decent bitterness. A nice roasty linger with moderate carbonation and a foamy mouth-feel.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Tasting at Papsø’s
Brown color with red hue; almost no head. The aroma is very yeasty, baker’s yeast, and some roasted malts. Some dark malts and chocolate flavor, with some astringency and moderate residual sweetness, some yeast too. Easy.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle shared at home tasting. Brown hazy pour with small beige head. Aroma is sweet malty and chocolate. Flavour roasted malt, bread and chocolate. Thin body and low carbonation.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
75cl bottle shared by Kermis with friends.
Thin off white head. Dark ruby pour. Nice enough stout but a bit thin.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
Cask gravity at Planet Thanet Bf 2012. Black beer ruby edges. Ring of beige bubbles. Goid stout. Good fullness. Good ginger biscuit. Good choc. Very drinkable
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
75cl poptop from some shop in Aldeburgh. Does the needful for a yeast-laden modern British stout, without setting the world on fire by its finesse. A bit self-consciously "real ale in a bottle". Too harsh bitterness or too soft a body, or both.
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