8.3

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

440ml can. Pours almost black with a beige/tan head. Aroma of roast and chocolate malts with prominent hoppiness, pine and citrus peel. Taste is similarly very hoppy with BIPA like profile of pine and grapefruit, robust malt base of roast and chocolate, moderate bitterness. Medium-full bodied, smooth. Beautiful.

8.3

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

Can at home, 1st November 2025. Pours black, aroma is roasted malts, cocoa. Taste is chocolate, toasted malts, ash, excellent

7.5

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

Well rounded. Semi-dark malts, pine, cocoa, citrus fruits. Basic but highly drinkable.

7.5

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

7.5

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

440ml can from Middle Farm, Firle. Poured a clear dark brown colour with a mostly lasting frothy off-white head and some clingy lace. The aroma is grassy hops and light roasty notes. The flavour is moderate sweet and bitter, with a smooth, grassy, light liquorice, light ashtray, spicy hop, dry bitter finish. Medium bodied with average to soft carbonation.

7.6

Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 7.5

Can from House Of Trembling Madness. Dark brown body with a tan head. No visible carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of ash and dark chocolate. Flavour of blueberry and woody malt. Medium body with a smooth texture. Soft fizz. Roasted and bitter.

7.5

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

Can at home from the brewery. Black colour with a tan head. Aroma and taste are buscuit malty and rich. Medium body.