7.8

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

Cask @ The New Inn, Colchester. Nice head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are roast malt, chocolate, coffee, licorice and hops. Full bodied and good licorice finish.

7.6

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

Cask handpull at the Spread Eagle, Ipswich. Pours almost black with a dark red tint and a lasting beige head. Aroma is roasted, smoked, malt and light chocolate. Medium sweetness, light roasted bitterness. Medium body, rich texture, soft carbonation. Finish has a roasted, nutty, chocolate edge.

6.9

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

Gravity poured third of a pint at the CAMRA Peterborough Beer Festival on 24th Aug 2016. Beige head on a reddy brown body. Slight burnt chocolate aroma and taste with other malty notes trying to get involved (liquorice and vanilla mostly): some fruitiness along the way too: pleasant.

7.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at the Peterborough beer festival 27/08/2016. A dark reddy mahogany brown coloured pour with loose light tan head aroma is nice rustic roasted grains, earthy roast, fireplace, with little vanilla and oak. Flavour is composed of seeet cakey malts, Jamaica cake, vanilla dried fruits , smoked roasted malts, dried apple. Palate is medium sweet sticky, Decent cask condition. Sweet malty goodness.

6.6

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

Tried at the peterborough Beer Festival 2016. Deep ruby colour with a white head. Aroma chocolate and fruity spice. Taste sweet chocolate to mid bitter.

6.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at The Cottage Norwich. Black beer lasting tan head. Diacetyl liquorice aroma. Two of my least favourite aromas. Settles down into a chocolate butterscotch beer which is not unpleasant. Carbonic acid on finish. I shouldn’t like it but it has a Dime bar quality I quite like. OK

7

Ash, blackcurrants, motor oil, tar leather. Good lacing. Not bad

6.1

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

Cask at WHOAF 2015. It pours darkest brown/black with a small beige head. The nose is soft, sweet, light chocolate/cocoa, rocky road and chocolate powder. The taste is smooth, toasty, some bitterness, charred wood, ash, earth, mild acidity, peppery spice and liquorice with a dry finish. Medium body and soft carbonation. Pretty alright.

7.2

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

Cask handpump at the Plough - Norwich. Pours deep brown with a frothy beige head. Nice chocolatey malts in the nose, soft roast. Medium sweet flavor with good milk chocolate character, mellow ashy roast, ripe berries, understated earthy bitterness. Medium bodied with fine carbonation; good condition. Sweet finish with more chocolate character, toasty bread. Nice porter. Rich but drinkable.

7.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Gravity cask at Nottingham fest 2015. Deep maroon color, almost opaque. Nice aroma of burnt brownies. Taste has toast and cocoa. Nice stuff.