3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle. Black with a thin beige head. Aromas are earthy with leather and cocoa powder. Nutty with some smokiness. Coffee with hints of blackberry. Flavours are nutty roast coffee with berries and dark chocolate bitterness and some grapefruit. Lightly floral with light soapiness. Fruity and dry on the finish. Pleasant.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at GBBF 2011. Black color. Very coffeish aroma and flavor with grassy and acrid roastiness. A bit one dimensional.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle 500ml.
Clear dark red brown colour with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, shoe polish, horse blanket - leather, light coffee and chocolate. Flavour is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20111125]
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of fonefan. Pours a reddish brown with a small off-white head. Roasty nose. Light body, hard roast and chocolate with a light malt bitter finish. 261111
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle. It pours a small, beige head over a dark brown body with a reddish hue. Dried fruits, coffee, some chocolate and berries on the nose. Roasted flavor with coffee, chocolate and dried fruits. Lacks on bitterness all the way. Full-bodied and dry, a bit hard on the carbonation. Far from bad, but not a winner in my book. Too one dimensional. 111125
3.2 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle @ FOneFan. Very dark brown/red with small beige head. Aroma is . Flavour is roasted malts, chocolate, little coffee, bitter, little sweet, little water and a little bitter.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle @ Ulfborg Winter Tasting Part ?, (Late 2011). Pours dark brown nearly black with a creamy bubbly head. Vague roast, ashes and caramel. Medium bodied. Decent and tasty.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask gravity @ The 3rd Stortford Beer Festival, Bishops Stortford CM23. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate aroma. Fruity roasted malty chocolate and caramel flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate finish.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at GBBF 2011, Day 2. Pours rich brown with a mild tan head. Roast and actually some nice, piney hops in the aroma. Flavor is kind of so so. Roasty with light chocolate and mild sweetness. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Decent roasted malt character in the finish with just light sugar. Not bad, pretty straight-ahead stuff.
2.2 AROMA 4/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 8/20
Cask at GBBF London august 2011. Black, no head. Chocolate, coffee and bit vinous flavor. Leather and smokey aroma. Not a nice stout.
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