3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
330ml Bottle - Dark brown in colour. Marzipan, fruitcake, almonds and malt in the aroma. Rich and fruity taste with notes of fruitcake, nuts and toffee standing out.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 12/20
3rd December 2009
Pigs Ear. Clear very dark brown beer. Softish palate, a bit dry. Rich malt with a slight dark feel. Not bitter. Very well balanced with rich dark fruit. Finishes with more dark character malt - almost coffee like. Light and dry.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask@GBBF2011. Deep copper colour, close to black, with a small off-white head. Aroma is wood, fruits, earth, mild alcohol as some slight berryish notes. Flavour is roasted malts, some slightly caramelly and alcoholic notes as well as some slight fruity and chocolaty notes with also liquorice as well.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 6/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at GBBF 2011, Wednesday. Black - offwhite head. Dried fruits, nutty, berries, licorice, sweetness, raisins, dark fruits, amber malts, caramel.
3.6 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask at GBBF 2011. A dark brown coloured pour with a medium off white head on top. Malty, fruity aroma. Tastes of dark fruit, sweet, malty, caramel. A rich tasting Christmas beer which I really enjoyed, rather strange to be drinking it at a summer beer festival.
3.3 AROMA 6/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
From cask. Pours dark brown with a small tan head. Aroma is caramelish, sweet and toffee. Sweet, toffee, caramelish and slight roasted malty flavoured.
3.5 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 15/20
Cask at GBBF 2011.
Clear dark brown coloured with a small off-white head.
Fruity aroma of caramel, dried fruits and hops.
Sweet and fruity flavour of caramel, hops and dried fruits.
Dry hoppy finish.
3.8 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 4/5 TASTE 8/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask hand pull at GBBF. Dark and clear maroon. Aroma of caramel and subtle raspberry. Taste of spiced caramel. Nice.
3.3 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 13/20
Cask. A hazy red-brown beer with a lazing off-white head. The aroma is very malty combined with a note of caramel and a touch of alcohol. The flavor is sweet with notes of malt, caramel, and alcohol, leading to a dry alcoholic finish.
3.4 AROMA 7/10 APPEARANCE 3/5 TASTE 7/10 PALATE 3/5 OVERALL 14/20
Cask (gravity) @ NWAF 10, National Winter Ales Festival, The Venue, Sheridan Suite, Manchester, England.
Alc. 5.5%. Clear dark brown color with a average, creamy to frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, berry, smoke notes, moderate hoppy, light alcohol. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, sweet sweet. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat, finish feel is moderate alcoholic. Quit alcoholic of a 5.5% beers but maybe the program was wrong and it is 7.6% as on ratebeer ! [20100120]
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