3.4 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Dark ale with a thick light brown and creamy head. Pleasant aroma and coffee notes in its taste.
4.2 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle from Trembling Madness, York. An inky black beer with chocolate and slight sour red fruity flavours and liquorice and coffee on the finish.
3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Bottle from Jacks, Westholme Stores, Goring-on-Thames, Oxon consumed at home Sunday 15th July 2012 Dark brown, and much like my previous beer (just had) from Yorkshire Dales this is also flat with barely a bubble in sight. Some chocolate with a bit of wartery thin dark fruit. Tangy and fruity but sadly this is unusual for Redwillow in that I find this very ordinary at best. A6 A3 T6 P3 Ov12 3.0
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask@Reading Beer Festival 2012. Deep ambery black colour, small head. aroma is roasted malts, chocolate, mild rye as well as some toffee and ripe fruits. Flavour is fruity, wooden, mildly roasted with soe coffee and slight smoked wet wooden notes.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
cask at reading ... light black ... soft fruit malt ... light roast ... soft toffe roast ... soft juicy ... nice fruits ... soft roast ... nice ... needed a little more than was needed
3.9 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 17/20
On cask at Cloisters. Pours a very dark brown colour with a thick tan head. A lovely roasty malt, coffee and chocolate aroma. Similar flavours with moderate carbonation and a foamy mouth-feel. Lovely. Just a little sweet.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
Bottle from Corks, Bristol. Opaque black with a tiny tan head. A bit flat condition wise. Aroma of roasted malts and plan chocolate. Flavour was sweet, with more chocolate, some coffee and a dryish finish. Fine, but lacking a certain oomph.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 13/20
500ml bottle from Alexander Wines, Coventry. Reflective, jet body with a loose-bubbled tan head. Ashtray and Coal smoke aroma. Bittersweet and ashy with lurking bramble and drinking chocolate notes. Powdery; almost still. Puff of cigar, spoon of brine. Tasty but disappointing after the Smokeless, a touch too sweet for me and missing some heft and condition.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Bottle. Very dark brown with a thin. Aromas are coffee, soy and liquorice with blackberry. Mollasses and dark chocolate with earthy notes and cola. Flavours are sweet mollasses with chocolate, toffee and vinous fruit. Xmas pudding with earthy, smoky notes. Fruity and dry on the finish. Good.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20
Bottle. Dark mahogany brown/black, no head. Nose is big dark chocolate, cocoa, roast barley, subtle vanilla. Smooth dark chocolate palate, cocoa bitterness, again some mild vanilla, very slight hint of lacto and a slightly coffee finish. Very tasty indeed, great body for the low ABV.
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