1.2 AROMA 2/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 2/10 PALATE 1/5 OVERALL 3/20
Cask (GBBF 2010)
My review at the time just contained the phrase "fucking awful sour arse-pineapple". Shall we just say that I didn’t get this at its prime. Should rerate.
2.8 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask (gravity) @ The 16th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2010, Reading, Berkshire England.
Clear dark brown color with a small, frothy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, burnt malt, caramel, strong coffee, smoke, tar. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long duration, smoke, tar, dried berries. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20100429]
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at Ascot Festival 2010.Very dark ruby, almost black with an off-white head. The aroma is malty with a slight hint of chocolate. The taste is also malty and the hint of dried fruits. Aftertaste is a dry roasted flavour, with the lingering hint of fruit. Really nice.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
(Cask at GBBF, London Earl’s Court, 4 Aug 2010) Dark ruby colour with frothy, beige head. Malty, slightly roasted nose with notes of coffee, chocolate and caramel. Malty, roasted taste with dried fruit, dark bread, hints of coffee and chocolate. Medium body, fairly sweet with a mild, bittersweet finish. Well balanced and quite nice.
3.7 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask Conditioned gravity dispense Swan & Rushes Leicester. An almost black beer with a ruby hue which poured with no head. This drinks stronger than 5% and also has stout and even Barley Wine characteristics. Boozy fruity and strong in all departments. Hints of a bit of clove spicing in the nose. This had been on a while and was showing signs of agedness but was still drinkable and pretty nice.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask@GBBF2010. Quite near pitch black colour, small head. Aroma is ashes, dark fruits, wood some salter liquorice and mild spices. Flavour is fruits, wood, some slight alcoholic sweetness and mild spicyness as well.
2.7 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Cask at GBBF 2010. An almost black coloured pour with virtually no head to speak of. Roasty, fruity aroma. Tastes roasty, fruity, malty, sour. Difficult to finish to be honest.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
From cask. Pours pitch black with a small, lacing and tan head. Aroma is dark roasted malt, ligh toffee and liqourice. Sweet fruity, caramelish and dark roasted breadish. Sweet and slight fruity finish.
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