3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at Woking Festival 2011. Pours a black colour with a thin tan head. The aroma is all cherry with plenty of malt and a hint of chocolate. The taste again is all cherry, with a sweet finish.
2.1 AROMA 3/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
Cask conditioned handpump Queens Arms Brighton 22/05/12. A black beer which poured virtually headless. There is a definite vinegar note beneath the fruity flavours. Dark malts give a dry note. The acetic note though completely spoils this.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Gravity at the Kingston beer festival. Dark red brown with a fast vanishing tan head, chocolate and a faintly musty cherry aroma reminiscent of kriek. Malt and chocolate in the mouth, with a slight sour tang and hints of dark sugar in the finish. Excellent, bar a faintly cloying aftertaste.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at the Wallington 2011 Beer Festival. It pours opaque black, with a thin bubbly head. The nose is dark cherry, liquorice, dark chocolate and salt. The taste is ripe dark cherry, roasted malt, malt vinegar, caramel and chocolate, with a light roasted malt finish. Medium body, smooth and low carbonation. Nice balance, flavoursome and thankfully not too sweet. Nice.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask at the Wallington and Croydon BF, London. Pours dark, ruby-brown with a small, off-white head. Rich roasty malt nose and, yes, dark cherries are present. Mild sweet flavor, nice roasted malt quality, good cherry notes, light sweetness. Light to medium bodied with fine carbonation. Nice, mild roast finish, lingering chocolate-covered cherries. This beer really delivers on its name. One of the best beers of the festival for me. Well done.
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask Handpump from the Outside Marquee at the Star Inn, Huddersfield 04/12/2010
Fruity aroma. Beige head. Black fruity and a little rich on the palate with a hint of bitterness and cherry flavour in a dry full burnt roast finish.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask condition at Pigs Ear BF 2010. Black. Little bit of fruit, some dark cherry. Very mild. No real condition. Not really my thing.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask (gravity) @ 27th Pigs Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2010, at The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, England
Clear dark brown black color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light beige head. Aroma is light heavy malty, roasted, burnt malt, dark berries notes, light to moderate hoppy, citrus. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, dark roasted, coffee, hoppy. Body is medium, texture is oily and smooth, carbonation is flat. [20101130]
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