7.3

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Can at home, Espoo. Color clear dark brown with very small slightly brownish head. Aromas and flavours: Chocolate, coffee, some Bread, roasted malts...

7.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

A very dark brown beer, a head is medium and beige. Aroma has roastiness, chocolate, caramel. Taste has roastiness and caramel body, but not sweet at all. Medium bodied. Nicely brewed, balanced.

7.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can picked up from Beyond Beer webshop, Hamburg and consumed Thursday 21st August 2025, we're back sat drinking it in Frank we've seen the last 3-4 songs from Gobilove and now Kapelle Petra but now back in the campervan field in Frank as it's still lashing it down with rain at Ulm Obstwiesenfestival. Served a bit too cold (my fault), slowly warming up. Appearance in this gloomy light suggests straightforward dark brown with a mid sized light beige head. Soft mouthfeel, gentle but building roastiness, light bitterness, there's a little bit of cappuccino with some chocolate powder, caramel also. Very nice and as it's warming up it's improving more and more.

6.4

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Cask handpull at Fuggles Cafe Tonbridge. Black beer. Lasting tan head. Good chocolate. Some molasses flavour. Some dry liquorice. Decent enough. OK condition. Fine

7

Magus, röstine, šokolaadine, linnaseline, nats puuviljane, karamelline. Ok.

7.1

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

440ml can from Mitchell Wines Meadowhead - Deep black body, rocky tan head. Dark roasted chocolatey malts, bit of nuttiness, some black treacle toffee.

7.3

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Foamy tan head on a near black still body.
Metallic, chocolate & rye aroma.
Medium bodied, lightly carbonated with a cloying back.
Malt, chocolate, toffee, caramel & berry tastes with a tangy hopped finish.
Good stuff.

8.3

Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Can. 6.5%. Mitchell’s Wines. Clear deep cola brown. Solid thick tan foam. Looks the beans. Nose has tangy vine fruit. Bit of liquorice stick. Stripped privet leaf. Yeasty and estery, as per a Union brew. Taste is semi tart and tangy with a whisper of malt sweetness. Body and drinkability belies the 6.5%. Twangy bitterness to finish. It’s mild, but not as we might expect peep holes.

7.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

6.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

Cask at Hops, Crewe. Pours almost black with a small tan head and good lacing. Malts dominate what little aroma there is – plus hints of chocolate and parkin. Malts again to the fore in the mouth where there is appreciable bitterness and a creamy texture. Flavour is augmented by liquorice, molasses and cola plus traces of honey and treacle. This both decent (full flavoured and enjoyable) and also somewhat disappointing. I was expecting something really special from a combination of Thornbridge, Burton Union and my favourite beer style.