3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Small beige head. Opaque black body. Earthy coffee aroma with spicy notes. Dryish resiny earthy coffee taste with mealy notes. Mid-bodied. Mild, soft mouthfeel. Dry earthy coffee grounds aftertaste with spicy burnt notes. Nice, vivid, drinkable, but falls off a little at the end. (0.15l sample at Haand 2012.)
3.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 15/20
A decent bitter stout, but there is a little missing in the aroma, it’s just coffee. the taste is a bit medicinal and bitter. Decent.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draft at Brewdog Camden. Pours cloudy dark brown with a bubbly tan head. Massive coffee aroma. Flavour like drinking an iced coffee with a smooth bitter finish. Medium bodied with light to medium carbonation.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle. Black with a minimal tan head. Aroma is dry coffee. Flavour is exactly what I want from a stout - coffee, chocolate, caramel with a balancing hops flavour. Excellent.
4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Keg at the brewery, deep dark brown with coffee crema, coffee, malt and treacle nose. Rich full body with treacle, wine, burnt caramel, more coffee, beautifully underlaid with pine hop that then comes to the fore in the finish, along with a dry burnt bitterness.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines, Birmingham. Opaque black, not much head. Smells like a Stout all right - ashy and dry. Crunching taste, blocks of chiselled graphite and chargrilled notes, with just enough sweetness and hop to make it balanced. A delicious Stout.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Black body. Thin tan head. Smoky, nutty, roasty and meaty. Milk chocolate and coffee. Citrusy hops. Spice, a little washing up liquid (not my fault). Initially hit of bitterness followed by bittersweetness leaving a soft chocolately finish. Fizzy. Great.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
On tap at Haand Festival 2012
Dark, thick head. Smells of roasted malts and coffee. Malty taste, medium sweet, coffee too. Quite dry on the palate, medium body. Qutie drinkable beer
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
On tap@Haand2012. Pours black with a beige head. Aroma of roasted malt, chocolate, coffee, caramel and malt. Flavor is sweet and roasted with some chocolate, coffee and malt. Medium body, average carbonation.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Draft courtesy of Stuart, thanks! Black color, thick brown head with good retention. Aroma of burnt espresso and milk chocolate. Taste is similar. Nice.
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