2.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 9/20
Quite fruity, very dark, almost black, with a somewhat sickly oily palate. Bit of a strange one.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Battersea beer festival 06/02/2013. Dark ruby caramel colour. No head. Nose is piny fruity hops. Some caramel sweet malt. Flavour follows. Good hop forward AmericAn c hops. Roast bitter coffee finish.
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask @ Craft Beer Co - Clerkenwell, Farringdon EC1. Pours a dark amber color with a small off-white head. Has a fruity malty hoppy aroma. Fruity malty hoppy flavor with weak roasted caramel hints. Has a fruity malty hoppy citrus finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
From cask at Craft Beer Co. Pours dark brown with a deep amber glare and a small white head. Roasted malty and light fruity aroma. Bitter, fruity and toasted malty.
2.6 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
36th CAMRA Cotswold beer festival (July 2012) in the lovely 15th century Tithe Barn: the setting for my tasting of this beer.
Gravity poured half-pint: almost black in colour with an off-white head which started and finished rather thin.
The smell was roasted/toasted malts with hints of a hop content if you sniffed hard enough.
The taste was a blend of hoppiness and maltiness, each vying for domination: the hops just about winning, although your eyes try to tell you it is maltier because of its colouring.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
cask. Frothy white good mostly lasting head. Dark red-amber colour. MOderate malty and hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Creamy palate.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Tap @ Craft Beer Co. Nice head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are roast malt, chocolate, catamel and hops. Oily palate.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask-conditioned at the Kent Beeriodical, Seven Stars, Bristol February 2012. Ruddy brown in colour with a decent, off-white head. Sweetish, earthy malt aroma with some berry fruits and grassy hops. Flavour was similar with a decent, bitter finish. Good.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask conditioned handpump Southampton Arms London. A muddy dark brown coloured beer with an off-white head and lacing. A bit of citrussy hop with a grainy background. Reasonably tasty and nicely balanced. This is a hard beer to characterise as it’s nowhere near hoppy enough to be a Black IPA yet is dark and hoppy. Black IPA is an oxymoron as is Black Golden Ale which is what this really is. It can only therefore be called a bitter, and as a bitter it’s more than pleasant.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask at Southampton Arms. Dark red brown colour with golden head. Aroma is hoppy, touch of stink, citrus and a bit of creaminess. Taste is bitter, creamy and lemony, not much roast. Bit fruity towards the end, maybe orange and strawberry. More of a black coloured IPA, than a black IPA, if that makes sense.
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