3.6 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
[RBESG, Sheffield]. Cask @ Marble Arch, Manchester. After the ginger crap this was much better. Nice deep brown color. with a lasting off-white head. Roasted aromas with some bitter chocolate, coffee and vanilla. Roasted malty flavor with lots of dark chocolate.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle from GBBF 09. Dark brown, almost black, with a creamy tan head. Lovely chocolate and vanilla aroma as well as espresso. Good roasted flavours, lots of vanilla and chocolate. A fuller body might have been appropriate. A nice surprise.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
[cask @ RBESG 2009]
Coffee-chocolate aroma with some vanilla and, surprisingly, not so much roast. Opaque garnet-brown with a lasting, thin, tan cover that is lacy. Roasty and sour dark malt flavour with a dark malt bitterness and a mocha finish. The flavour is much different than the aroma predicts. Low to moderate carbonation, semi-dry and slightly bitter finish.
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
[RBESG, Sheffield]
Cask @ Marble Arch, Manchester.
Pours deep brown chestnut with a nice, staying, off-white head. Mild aroma, light chocolate, softly roasted. Low carbonation, great creamy mouthfeel. Flavour is sweet, dark chocolate, softly roasted. Light bitter finish. Really nice.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
UPDATED: SEP 28, 2010 Cask @ Marble Arch Manchester. Pure chocolate and cream in the aroma. Malty creamy flavor with pure chocolate and roast. Roasty bitter flavor. Velvety mouthfeel. Is this beer a bit onedimensional? Yes. It is delicious? Yes!! 8 4 8 3 14 = 3.7
From bottle @ BBF 2010. Dark brown color. Soy sauce in both aroma and flavor. Bacon notes. Hints of caramel and licorice. 5 3 6 3 12 = 2.9
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
RBESG Sheffield 2009, day 3, Marble Arch, Manchester. Cask. Black colour, creamy light beige head. Aroma of cream, soft roasted malts, chocolate. Flavour is chocolate, cream, light roasted malts, bit of earth. Chocolate bitter finish. Medium bodied.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottled. A black beer with a dirty white head. The aroma has burnt malt and grassy hops. Roasty and bitter in the mouth. Drying and strongly flavoured.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Poured like a glass of coke with a thick head. Chocolate of course but not massive amounts, nicely balanced in that sense. Roasted malts, little spice and more chocolate in the finish. Moreish, tasty and pan handle inspiring.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle 50cl @ Home.
Clear dark brown color with a large, frothy - creamy, good lacing, fully lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, grass. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long to average duration, and a dry finsh. Body is medium to light, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. (120708)
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Courtesy of Fonefan. It’s a black beer with a huge, nice and creamy head. The aroma has notes of roasted malt, coffee, chocolate and a little alcohol. The flavour has a roasted bitterness, notes of bitter coffee and chocolate, that is the strongest rather late in the flavour, that ends dry and bitter. The flavour is very full and long, considering the only 5,5%. It’s nice, but I had hoped for more chocolate.
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