4.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 10/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Keg at barley mow Bristol.
Pours dark brown with hazy tan head, roast barley and licorice nose. Light carbonation, medium bodied with roast barley, chocolate, coffee and long lactose sweet finish. So much better than mikkeller’s!
3.9 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Poured a reddish dark brown with a thin beige head. Aroma of creamy chocolate over a malt base. Medium, creamy body and flavour of dark chocolate and vanilla with a sweet finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at the Euston Tap - 06/02/13.
Mid black with a good sized frothy tan head that retains well. Good lacing ensues.
Nose carries roast malt, chocolate, molasses, burnt toffee.
Taste comprises milk chocolate, roast malt, mineral tones, slightly burnt notes, tobacco.
Medium in body with soft carbonation and a little bitterness in the finish.
Decent stout.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Half pint served from cask at Port Street Beer House. Rustic highlights to a very dark coloured body. Dotted spots to the glassware. Smell of dark malts with cocoa notes. Taste of wood, cocoa and vanilla offset by fruity hops. Bittersweet malty tail. A nice one to finish off our second day in Manchester, 22.01.2013.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draught.
Quick rating.
Black with a brown head.
Smooth roast, chocolate, licorice, lactose, coffee, citrus hops.
Medium bodied, smooth.
Nice stuff.
4.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 5/5 OVERALL 18/20
Cask from The Ale House, Chelmsford. This is a delicious, easy to drink milk stout. Very dark with a good head - no beer could look better! Thick, excellent texture. Milk chocolate aroma. Best beer of the year so far...
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
(Cask at Harp, Covent Garden, London, 22 Nov 2012) Black colour with foamy, beige head. Malty, roasted nose with chocolate, coffee and cacao. Malty, roasted taste with notes of chocolate, cacao, sweet liquorice, dried fruit and a slightly sweet finish with a certain cacao bitterness. Medium body, with a certain sweetness. Nice one.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Draught at The Rover, Göteborg. Pitch black beer with a nice lasting brownish head. Chocolate aroma, cocoa powder, caramel, soot, licorice, bitter hops, tar, roasted, bitter hops, citrus, some earthy notes. Licorice flavor, caramel, dark chocolate, cocoa powder, soot, licorice, grapes, banana notes, tar, a bit earthy. Good stuff.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask at The Rake, London. Pours dark brown with a small, beige froth head. Dark malt nose, some milk chocolate. Medium to big sweet flavor, chocolate syrup, dark bread, light baking cocoa, faint earthy bitterness. Medium bodied, lightly oily, with fine carbonation. Sweet, lightly sticky finish, lots of milk chocolate, very faint lacto notes, dark sugars. Good balance, very tasty.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Keg @ Hanging Bat, Edinburgh 281112
Black, thin off white head that dissipated to thin rim, no lacing
Aroma - light roasted malts, soft chocolate, light aroma
Taste - Soft roasted malts, soft chocolate, milk sugars, some dark milk chocolate malts, some funny lactose thing going on which is quite nice, touch of Bournville
Palate - medium carb and body, creamy texture, oily and somewhat gooey. Finish - creamy soft roast, chocolate, viscous finish, bit of dryness, more bitter roast in the tail. The gooey residue in the finish I’m not so keen on.
Overall - Ok decent milk stout
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