3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle at home ... deep brown ... thin tan head ... light smoke ... light roast malt ... light hop tones nose ... dark malts ...little dull... soft whisky ... little chocolate malts ...little thin ... very mediocre ... very mean time
3 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 12/20
75cl Bottle at home, looks very nice, but tastes rather thin for its strength. Slight taste of Germolene?
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Dark brown with a small head. Coffee and chocolate mingles with a trace of woodiness. Smooth and left lots of lacing. Easily the best M and S beer so far. Does this mean that they are taking beer seriously
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle. Near black with a beige foam. Aromas are nutty, toasted roast coffee with woody notes. Rummy with floral, spicy notes and bubblegum with some toffee. Smoky with leather and blackberry. Flavours are sweet molasses with earthy, smoky coffee and dark chocolate bitterness. Vinous with herbal sweet liquorice and some soapiness. Dry with raisins and blackberry fruitiness. Pretty good.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle in a hotel room n Dublin.
Clear orange-brown coloured with a small beige head.
Sweet and light roasted aroma of caramel and liquorice.
Roasted flavour of caramel with notes of liquorice and chocolate.
Roasted finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
75cl bottle from Marks and Spencers. Pours a dark brown colour with a thin, light tan head. Aroma is a little medicinal with TCP, fishy smoked malt, chocolate and caramel. Similar flavours with fishy smoked malt upfront, chocolate and caramel. Moderate carbonation and a little thin.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle at cgarvieuk’s. Reddish black, creamy bubble head. Peaty rauchbier smoke nose, dark chocolate notes. Slightly smoky dry front, peatiness, some raisin maybe, ashy TCP phenol finish. Bit thin, not great.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle from M&S Victoria station at Leighton’s pre-xmas celebration. It pours deep ruby, with a thin beige head. The nose is roasted malt, touch of smoke, whisky and wood. The taste is chocolate, wood, meat, smoke, whisky, roasted malt, charcoal, peat and earth, with a dry finish. Medium body, moderate carbonation and foamy mouth-feel. Not bad and not nearly as peaty as expected.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Bottle at home in London. Thanks to Sr. Scopey. Pours clear, reddish-brown with a moderate, light tan foam. Nice and restrained smoke aroma, light chocolate. Medium sweet flavor, light smokiness, some cured ham, light roast, some dry cocoa. Medium bodied with fine, massing carbonation. Dry, pleasant smoke finish, light honey ham, light charred wood. Very enjoyable beer. Not too intense, quite drinkable, with nice wood notes.
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