3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 13/20
Half pint at the Nags Head in Reading. Black with a good bubbly head. Roasty, bitter, smooth and with plenty of body. Light, pleasant aroma.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask, Derby Winter Fest 13. Very dark brown with a thin head. Aromas are smoky with liquorice and light berries. Coffee with cocoa husk and toffee. Flavours are nutty with cocoa husk. Some fruit with dark treacle. Dry to finish. Good.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at Coach and Horses, Dronfield 2012.
3.8 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at the Cask, Pimliso - 22/06/12.
Near black with a tan head.
Aroma of roasted dark malts, nuts, bitter chocolate.
Taste as aroma with some licquorice and a hop bitterness in the finish.
Medium body, good lowish level of carbonation, dry finish and full flavour for a 4.1% stout.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at CASK Brighton. It pours very dark brown, with a thick beige head. The nose is smoke, roasted malt, coffee and ginger. The taste is roasted malt, charcoal, very bitter, burnt notes, coffee and smoke with a bitter-dry finish. Medium body, soft carbonation and slightly creamy mouth-feel. A solid stout.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask conditioned at The Cask Pub & Kitchen, Brighton. Dark brown, ruby with cream head. Smooth, flavoursome lowish ABV stout,quite a sweetish note with a light wine like note. Some background roastiness. Unusual but pretty decent.
2.4 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 2/5 TASTE 4/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Served flat, pleasant enough session stuff but no fireworks but had just had a blue monkey whisky cask guerilla!
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask @ CPK. Deep reddish brown with basically no head. The nose is sweet milk chocolate, vanilla, syrup and fudge. Certainly sweet over roasted flavors. The taste is rich chocolate, blackberry fruit, mild vanilla. The finish is lightly dry and hoppy. Smooth and creamy. Soft. Overall, this is a beer of great economy - you get a lot of flavor for your 4.1%. Very nice.
2.9 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask @ York Tap, 290412
Black, ruby edges, off white head, some lacing
Aroma of soft roasted malt and touch of burnt toast
Taste - roasted malt, hedgerow hops, touch of espresso, light dark fruits, bit of burnt toast, light chocolate
Palate - thin to medium body, soft carb, quite smooth. Finish has some burnt toast
Overall - It’s OK - expected better from Thornbridge
3.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Pint in The White Horse. Colour is black, off white head. Nose is earthy, burnt malt, minerally, woody. Taste is smoky, woody, strong roasted malt. A lot of burnt, smoky flavours in there, but the body is quite weak and watery. Some dark chocolate and coffee in there, but on the finish lots of bitter burnt roasted malt flavours and smokiness. Needs more body though.
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