4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask at Craft Beer Co, London. Black beer with a bubby brown head. Licorice aroma, roasted, smoky notes, coca, chocolate, coffee notes. Roasted coffee flavor, some blackcurrant, chocolate, figs, licorice, some sott. Very nice!
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask, Peterborough Fest 11. Black with a beige foam. Aromas are coffee and caramel with leather and soy. Raisins with dark chocolate and earthy peat and liquorice. Flavours are sweet caramel and chocolate with roast coffee and peppery spices. Dark berries with dark chocolate and grapefruit bitterness. Good stuff.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Tap @ Cask Pub and Kitchen, London. Black with a lasting brown head. Aroma is roasted malt, chocolate, coffee and smoke. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and roasted rather bitter finish. Soft and smooth. 260413
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
UPDATED: DEC 6, 2011 Cask at CPK, London. Pours dark brown with a frothy, beige head. Moderate coffee aroma with hints of cocoa. Great roasted malt character, some earthy and lightly grassy bitterness, chclky cocoa. Medium bodied with fine, smooth carbonation. Lightly sticky, sweet and dry finish, lightly sweet chocolate, some mocha, burnt wood. So, so easy to drink. The balance is there, the flavors are cohesive. Great beer all around. I have to say, Magic Rock has killed it with each of their beers so far. Definitely one of the top three UK breweries for me.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pours dark brown with some off white bubbles. Smells of roasted malt, some spicy elements. Tastes of light roasty malt, a touch of soy sauce, some spici earthiness on the finish.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at the Craft Beer Co, Clerkenwell, London 23.07.11 Pours dark brown in colour, smooth, really smooth and very easy drinking beer. Some liquorice but not overdone with a little coffee also present, dab of chocolate yum, this is really nice stuff. Notes are sketchy I’m afraid as having too much of a good time, but believe me this is very, very nice, thanks for the recommendation Chris! A7 A4 T8 P4 Ov15 3.8
3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Half, on cask at Craft Beer Co. Tan-coloured head over a near-black body. Aroma of chocolate malts with hints of bitter liquorice. Coffee, dark chocolate and lighter notes of liquorice in flavour. Roasted bitter end with enduring qualities. Pleasant and flavoursome stout (London, 01.08.2011).
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Keg, Cask Pub and Kitchen, Pimlico, 03/04/12. Glossy, slightly aubergine-hued black fringed with tan. Lush, Neopolitan, cigar, burnt vanilla and espresso aroma. Deep silken berry tones overlaid with mellow lactic roastedness; mocha, liquorice. Quite a lipsmacker.
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.)
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
(Cask at Craft Beer Co, Clerkenwell, London, 21 July 2011) Black colour with foamy, beige head. Malty, roasted nose with chocolate, black coffee and dark rye bread. Malty, roasted taste with notes of chocolate, black coffee, liquorice, dark rye bread and a generous roasty bitterness in the finish. Medium body with a certain sweetness. Excellent stout.
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