3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at GBBF 2011 - Tuesday. Black - offwhite head. Chocolate, coffee, berries, burned malts, nice roasted, dark malts, oiley notes, licorice, smooth.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
From cask. Pours dark brown with a small off-white head. Aroma is mild smoked and caramelish malty flavoured. Bitter, dark malty and dry toasted caramelish. Bitter and dry finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at GBBF 2011.
Black coloured with a small beige head.
Fruity arooma of dried fruits and liquorice with roasted notes.
Fruity and light roasted flavour of caramel and liquorice.
Roasted finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at GBBF 2011. A black coloured pour with a small off white head on top. Sweet, roasty aroma. Tastes of chocolate, coffee, malty, dark fruit, slightly sweet. Smooth and enjoyable.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask@Market Porter, London. Very deep amber colour, small white head. Aroma is coffee, liquorice, roasted malts, some toasted notes as well as rather much bitterness as well. Flavour is being roasted malts, some coffee, nuts, mild wooden bitterness as well as some pleasant berrylike notes. Brilliant stout!
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
On cask at Trackside, Bury. Quite a complex porter, smoky, spicy and sweet in parts. A bit too much going on for my liking. Enjoyable.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask at NWAF, 2011. Black pour no head. Sweet caramel aromas with a some wet wood, smoke and chocolate. Vanilla, butterscotch, raisins and chocolate. Has a rum like quality. Creamy, malty finish.
4.1 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
cask at NWAF ... DEEP LIGHT viscous black ... deep roast malts.... light blackcurrant roast .... soft sweet balanced roast malt... good body ... good roast ... lovely. bit more body and it would be world class
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask at Wellington Arms, Bedford. Very dark brown. Ash and leather aroma. Oily, viscous taste of dates, tar, tobacco, and something that dripped from under my lawnmower. Mid bitter finish. It’s certainly deep and dark; perhaps a little too deep to accompany a repast of cheese and pickle roll in the warm sunshine of a gin-clear May morning in the English shires.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
UPDATED: NOV 3, 2009 1. Cask Handpump at the New Oxford, Salford 07/12/2007
Fruit and roast aromas. Dark red coloured a little rich and sweet on the palate with a crisp and slightly bitter lasting malt finish.
2. Cask Handpump at the Penny Black JDW, Northwich 26/12/2007
Some roast aroma. White head. Black and slightly rich on the palate with a little dryness in a creamy and bitter chocolate roast finish.
3. Cask Handpump at the Marstons Arena, Wincham 20/06/2009
Big roast aroma. Dark coloured. A little rich and smooth on the palate. Hoppy and fruity with some bitterness in a crisp and very dry finish.
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