3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Aroma: Bitter coffee, cream and hints of dark chocolate.
Appearance: Ruby body with a thick tan head. No visible carbonation. Great lacing.
Taste: Rich, dark and bitter - a truly delicious Stout. Dark chocolate and espresso flavours. Dry, lingering bitterness.
Palate: Medium body with an oily texture. Light carbonation.
Overall: A nicer, more robust version of Hawkshead’s Brodie’s Prime (despite its lower ABV). One of the brewery’s best beers.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at NWAF, 2013. Black pour with a beige head. Raisin and chocolate aroma. Smooth chocolate flavour. Sweet malt finish.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Heavy thick aroma without being distinct but also milder in taste than this. Black with a small head.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask in North Bar, Leeds. Pours a pitch black, small head. Aroma is great - coffee, chocolate, roasted.malts, oatmeal sweetness. Taste is fairly bitter and dry - coffee, minerals, some bramble, some roasted malts. Thinner body than I’d like, but dry and almost chalky in the finish. Good.
2.7 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Tap East, Stratford 3 Nov 12. Svart. Et meget svakt rødskjær kan skimtes. Lavt luftig skum. God sjokoladearoma. Smaken er sjokolade - men vassen. Litt tørr ettersmak.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask @ CBC Clerkenwell. The pour’s deep brown with a tiny off-white head. The nose is hazlenut and pecan nuttiness. Some smooth chocolate and rich toffee malty aromas. The taste is smooth chocolate, oatmeal, more toffee and light grassy hops. The finish is dry. Pleasingly simple, well-integrated flavors. Creamy mouthfeel. Overall, a really nice stout.
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Hand-pulled cask, guest ale at the Tap East pub & microbrewery. Deep black with a ruby shade. Naked surface. Dark malty nose, slightly roasted. Dark chocolate malts in flavour. Dry roasted bitterness to the ending. Thin bodied, but quite tasty (shared with Finn, London, 03.11.2012).
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask (handpump) @ Lion Tavern, 67 Moorfields, Liverpool, Merseyside, England L2 2BP.
Clear dark black brown colour with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, nutty, coffee. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, dry, dark roasted, burnt. Body is medium, texture is oily and smooth, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120117]
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
23rd July 2012
On tap at Craft. Very dark red - brown beer, residual tan head. Light semi dry palate. Low carbonation. Supermild dark malt. Tangy with a whisper of roast. Semi dry finish. Standard stuff.
3.1 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Tasted this stout in the Counting House (JDW) Glasgow in August 2012. cask, handpump dispense. Dull black in colour with a thick pale buff head. Short dusty aroma of burnt toast. Thin, weak mouthfeel and poor lacing. Dark malts give a rather dilute maltloaf base with weak roast grain and mild coffee notes come up rather short. Dry dusty hops noted in the brief aftertaste. Finish is malty with dry liquorice notes present on the palate. An ok session stout but lacking depth of character.
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