Kirkby Lonsdale Jubilee

Brewed by Kirkby Lonsdale
Style: Stout
Carnforth, England

Serve in English pint, Shaker, Snifter

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Cask @ NWAF 2012, National Winter Ales Festival, The Venue, Sheridan Suite, Manchester, England.

Clear medium black brown color with a average, frothy - fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, caramel. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average to long duration, sweet malt. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120119]

[cask, Cloisters Bar, Edinburgh] Pours black with a thin, cream-coloured head. Aroma is roasted malt, chocolate, toasted bread and some liquorice. More liquorice on the flavour, but plenty of the roasted chocolate and coffee. Some alcohol on the finish. Very nice indeed [02112012]

1st December 2009
Pigs Ear! Cloudy very dark brown beer. Lightly toasted malt. Light and dry tangy fruits with a little spice. Finishes light and fruity.

Tweedies, Grasmere. Pours black, pale head. Modest aroma of roasted malt, but the flavour starts with a hint of sweetness and develops to a full roast coffee and chocolate flavour. Dry hoppy finish. Love this stuff.

This bottled conditioned beer was bought at the brewery tap in a mixed box of three. Brown 500ml bottle, best before August 2010, drank and reviewed on a damp and boring evening in July 2010, just two weeks of life left then! The first beer in my Stout tasting evening (of three). Poured into a pint sleeve, carefully trying not to shift too much sediment. The beer was a solid black colour, the head a huge foaming canopy of a deep tanned hue. Burnt malts hit the nose, the taste is also very much a burnt, yet fairly sweet malted flavour. The beer drys in the mouth very quickly and the sweetness fades away as it drys too. Liquorice and chocolate hints appear latter in the mouthfeel, but heavily roasted/burnt malts dominate throughout the beer. The alcohol content isn’t really noticed, the richness and depth of flavours mask it very well. I hope the next two Stouts are as good as this version.

UPDATED: FEB 28, 2012 Cask, gravity at Merton Winter Beer Festival, 17th & 18th February 2012 This was a real hit for me, I thought it would be nice but was a bit taken aback by how much I enjoyed it. Full on chocolatey, thick and fulsome in mouth and with a glorious smoothness and richness the caressed the tongue, quite indulgent and very good. A7 A4 T8 P4 Ov15 3.8

Cask conditioned at Merton Beer Fest ’12. Black with tan head. Really pretty dry stout, full of rich chocolate malts, some coffee, liquorice and fruit notes. Lots of depth, really very enjoyable.

Cask at the NWAF, Manchester. Black pour with a beige head. Coffee and chocolate aroma. Quite meaty. Subtle coffee nose with hints chocolate, licorice and some smoke. Very dry. Dry, malty bitter finish.

UPDATED: NOV 2, 2012 cask at cloisters ... deep brown ... thin head ... light soft mellow roast malt nose ... soft mellow roast ... barest chocolate ... easy drinking stout ... little oxidation ... cask at cloisters ... deep black... creamy tan head ... soft toffee roast malt nose ... bitter chocolate ... soft creamy malts ... soft fruits ... 3.8

UPDATED: JUN 15, 2012 Cask - Black with a creamy tan full lasting head. Smells of Roast, chocolate and dark fruit aroma. Smooth creamy full body. Dark berries, dark chocolate with a little bit of smoke on the bittersweet finish.. Goes down very easy. Medium bitter, not too strong. And a no saturation.