3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Cask at the Crown, Manfield. Ruddy brown body. Off white head. Nose is spice, roast, chocolate, green apples. red fruit. Bittersweet. Dry finish.
3.7 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask by handpump at State Bar, Glasgow - clear very dark red brown, small creamy tan head, some lacing, sweet, well balanced, caramel flavour smooth
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
4th February 2010
Chelmsford Winter Fest. Clear very dark brown beer. No head. Light semi dry palate. Light tangy sourness. Mild creamy dark malt offset by mildly sour fruit - orange, cherry, pear, apple and a little citrus - all well buried but pleasant.
2.6 AROMA 5/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 10/20
Very dark, almost black. Has a strange grassy aroma and flavour with a drier finish. It absolutely doesn’t have body & depth!
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask. Dark red/brown beer with a tan head. Flavour is chocolate, caramel and mild hop bitterness. An easy drinking dark beer.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Drank in ’The Bricklayers Arms’, Putney, London. Pint in May 2007:
Looked good as it sat between a pint of lighter Landlord and a darker Dark Mild, the colour sits between the two as well.
Sweet aroma and taste, caramel and hops, a little too sweet for me, but my wife loves it.
The flavours don’t stay to long in the mouth, but it is still a treat to have one of these beers if you ever come across one.
3.1 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
On cask at Brigantes. A black beer with a fair light tan head. An upfront caramel aroma with chocolate also. Similar flavours with moderate carbonation. Just OK.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
Tasted this in the Bon Accord, Glasgow in March 1992. Cask, handpump dispense. Dull black in colour with a thick buff head. Soft plummy fruit in the short aroma. Smooth creamy mouthfeel and good lacing. Dark malts give a moist maltloaf base with plump raisins, sultanas and syrupy dates. Slight bitter note of hop resins give a dusty dry aftertaste with hints of tannins. Finish is deep and vinous with dark chocolate, almonds and dry oak cask flavours. A traditional session Old Ale and well recommended.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
On cask at the congress, longton. Pours black with small tan head. Spices, dark fruit, some roast. Decent dark beer
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2.9 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask (gravity) - Norwich Beer Festival 2011. A fluffy, bubbly & lasting light tan head tops off a deep, dark & near opaque brown body. Chocolate, sulphur, dark fruits, bit of plastic on the nose. More plastic, hints of leather, lightly bitter on the tongue. Light to medium body, soft mouthfeel, short finish but a lingering plastic note & fruity, leathery aftertaste. A roastiness develops as the plastic decreases. OK but the plastic remains distracting throughout.
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