3.1 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
(On tap) Clear and black with a reddish hue. No head and completely flat. Distinct aroma of coffee. Very roasted malt character and again - weakly burned flavours of coffee. Quite pleasant. 301005
2.8 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 11/20
Cask@Twickenham Beer festival. Quite a different stout. Has quite an acidic/sour edge to it. Some blackcurrant and berry fruit, with some light mocha and chocolate at the end. Bitter/sour/acidic finish. Interesting, but not quite to my liking.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 2/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at Fynske Øldage 2005.
Dark brown coloured with an off white head.
Roasted aroma with notes of liquorice.
Roasted flavour with notes of liquorice and oat.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Brownish colour with a creamy some what lasting head. Complex aroma of spices and coffee and toffee. lasting finish.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at fynske øldage 2005. Creamy fair mostly lasting head. Brown colour.
Nice aroma and a very good flavour complexed of sweet/bitter.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at Catford Beer Festival. Quite a good stout. Black in colour, but the head did not last overly long. Nice nose of grain and coffee. Goodish in mouth with roasted coffee chocolate finish.
3.2 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
[At Jyske Øldage 2004, Kolding] A pitch black beer with a brown head. The aorma is sweet roasted with light notes of coffee. The flavor is malty and roasted with notes of coffee on a slightly sour background.
4.1 AROMA 9/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 16/20
Cask at the Ipswich Beer Festival 2004, gravity dispense. Colour is black / dark ruby. Lovely aroma of dark fruits / prunes, English pipe tobacco, chocolate and coffee. Flavour is roast barley and oats on a surprisingly fruity background. Very drinkable. Fruity aftertaste - not what you expect from a stout, but nice! (And the beer is vegan - as if I cared!)
3.6 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Hand pulled at the Anchor, Birmingham as part of their organic beer weekend. Jet black, with a great looking sloppy and sticky beige head. Very creamy - like the coffee creams you used to get in Milk Tray. Light feeling, with a burnt oats flavour, which is fairly insistent. Reminds me of Angel Delight...
3.5 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 5/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask conditioned @ Reading Beer Festival. Powerful chocolate roasty arom, malt and raisings. Slightly cloying body with some acidity and a touch thin. Promise of rich roasty pleasures disappears in the body but very drinkable.
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