 Perm (151), Tryon, North Carolina, USA
Apr 28, 2008 A solid brew from a solid, if (IMO) overlooked, British brewery. This one is among their best: nice and dark to look at, with a deep nose, but easy-drinking and not too robust to enjoy on a summer day.
Very nice fruit and floral notes; well-balanced and satisfyling.
imdownthepub (5089), Banbury, Oxfordshire, England
Apr 23, 2008 Bottled, filtered, 330ml. Black with ruby hue, tan head. Lovely deeply flavoured body witth liquorice and peaty notes, fruity sweet but also with the drying effect of elderberry which has an earthy taste. Late on there is a smoked note with a rush of alcohol. I enjoyed it.
Blom (390), Odense, Denmark
Apr 20, 2008 Black with a limited but dense grey head. Chocolate and liquorice in the aroma, and some herbs too. The flavour is marked by coffee, caramel, dark chocolate and berries.
alobar (1006), Harleysville, Pennsylvania, USA
Apr 13, 2008 Pours a dark brown with a slightly tan head. Chocolate and coffee aroma and taste. No fruit apparent. More like a thin porter than anything else. Enjoyable.
bigguns22 (88), Maryland, USA
Apr 8, 2008 I like this beer one of the best I have had.black with a small off white to tan head.This smooth and complex beer is fruit with a smokey finsh.Good start to finsh I would love to find the cask version.
GG (1612), NorCal, California, USA
Mar 27, 2008 Another pretty decent beer from these guys. I’ve had a few from them that was WAY past their prime but this one and a best before date of June ’08, so we were good. An aroma of tart berries (underripe strawberries came to mind) with just a touch of roasted malts and wet dirt. Appearance pours out a dark brown, nearly black body with a thick creamy head. Mouthfeel had a minerally quality to it. Flavor had a nice combo of smoke, peat, fruit, and coffeeish malts. Not sure how much of this I could drink, but 1 bottle was just fine.
Carlus12 (361), London, Greater London, England
Mar 22, 2008 Bottle courtesy of DownsouthGav. Pours black with red edges. Thin tan head. Aroma is dark fruits, hops, slight coffee. Taste is fruity, berries, smoky, creamy. A little rough round the edges but a nice beer.
robforbes (1083), Bremerton, Washington, USA
Mar 16, 2008 purchased at 99 bottles in federal way, washington.
pours black with a red tint when held up to the light, medium size khaki head, okay lacing.
smell is of sour fruit, some cocoa, a roastings in the back.
taste is of tart berry, some milk chocolate, hint of caramel, hint of vanilla, ends sweet & sour with a bit of bitterness in the back.
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