Historic check-in, dating from when the brewery was known as White Gypsy

7.6

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

500ml bottle at home. Pours a deep brown, slight maroon twinge, with a thick medium off white head. Nose is caramel, brown sugar, bready malts, bit of a floral hop note. Flavour is strong brown caramel, brown bread, but of a hop resin bitterness. Medium carbonation

6.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5

Draught at Against the Grain. Brownish black with a thin head, ok lacing. Aroma is sweetish toast malt. Flavour is sorta a cross between a schwarzbier and a Dunkel. Sweet vanilla, very dry at the back of the throat, a little toast at the base. --- Beer merged from original tick of Dark Lady on 15 Feb 2017 at 16:04 - Score: Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5.5. Original review text: Bottle from Martins. Deep mahogany with a large head. Aroma of sweet malt. Flavour is nutty malt, sweet roast malt, dry intense malt finish.

6.5

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

Cask (gravity) @ GBBF 09, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.Clear medium to dark brown color with a small to average, fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, keller, chocolate notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20090805]

6.2

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

Dark brown with a small off-white head. Aroma of malt and toffee with a touch of chocolate. Sweet malty flavour with a slightly sour note. Roasted notes in the finish

4.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

Cask at GBBF 2009. I hadn’t had a lot of the Irish cask beers, so I was interested to have them. Very dark brown, sticky gingerish beer. Not sure it’s fully attenuated. Gets a bit better, but not a lot.. Pretty lousy to be honest.

6.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask@GBBF2009. Deep amber colour, small beige head. Aroma is burnt wood, some roasted malts and mild caramelly notes. Flavour is wooden, malty and quite sweet.

6.8

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

Cask at GBBF 09 ....brown ... light woody toffe nose ... soft wood ... light malt ... some dark fruit.

5.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Cask@GBBF 2009. Dark nut brown color, small beige head. Light caramel and chocolate in the nose. Caramel and light toasty notes. Light palate.