3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 09, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.
Clear dark brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, burnt, chocolate. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate to light heavy bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090804]
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 16/20
[Cask at GBBF 2004] A pitch black beer with no head. The aroma is roasted with notes of coffee. The flavor is sweet with notes of roasted malt and coffee.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask@GBBF2009. Deep ambery brown colour, small beige head. Aroma is sweet sugary liquorice with also some smoked wood and old coffee. Mild dark berries as well. Flavour is quite much the same. Ends quite roasted.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask Aberdeen Beer festival 07 ... Deep black ... little smokey roast nose ... lots of roast malts little hop bitterness a bit thin though.
4 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask gravity at Nottingham BF 2007. Black, tan head. Good condition. Good dark malts, intense roasted malts. Choc aroma, bit like a porter really, full and deep in mouth. Excellent burnt malt finish. Very good choc and malts.
3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask@GBBF 2009.
Dark brown, almost opaque color, small beige head. Licorice and some dark berries plus cold coffee. Sweet licorice and coffee in the flavor. Toasted aftertaste. A bit watery overall, but alright.
2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Black with a small off-white head. Aroma is fruity and roasted with some caramel and a hint of apple peel. Sweet and fruity flavour with a charcoal finish
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask Handpump at the CIS Building, Manchester 29/01/2005
Black rich on the palate and strong in alcohol. Smooth with a slightly dry bitter roast finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask Conditioned at The Fat Cat, Norwich. Black beer with tan head. Hard to place this, not quite a stout, not a porter, closer to a strong mild perhaps. Sweet, fruity beer, easy on the palate, a plummy mix with malt background, would improve by being drier.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
From other comments, it seems that this might be another beer with something of an identity crisis. Funnily enough, Silk Tork and I felt this was one of the more authentic stouts at the festival. Dark and opaque in colour with a good nutty/roasted aroma that carries through onto the palate. Some dry bite at the finish. Very nice. Cask, Pigs Ear Beer Fest, East London, December 2003.
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