Bottle. shared at Craft Beer Co, Holburn, 16/07/2018. A jet black brown colourd pour with a loose white head, dark tan. Flavour is composed of nutty malts, chcoco, light berry, blackberry. Flavour is composed of dark chocolate, berry, burnt hazel nut, . Palate is oily moderate carbaontion, .

Imported from my RateBeer account as Hill Farmstead Earl (by Hill Farmstead Brewery):
Aroma: 9/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 5/5, Overall: 17/20, MyTotalScore: 4.4/5

20/XI/17 - 500ml bottle @ home - BB: n/a, bottled: I/13/16 (2017-1898) Thanks to ElManana+1 for sharing the bottle!

Clear purple brown beer, nice creamy beige to brown head, little stable, bit adhesive, leaving some lacing in the glass. Aroma: lots of chocolate, some coffee, very intense, sweetish impression, dried fruits, touch of vanilla. MF: soft carbon, smooth creamy texture, medium to full body. Taste: pretty roasted, lots of chocolate, some mocha, caramel, sweet touch, soft roast, malty. Aftertaste: pretty bitter, roasted, cocoa powder, some coffee, alcohol, bit sourish. Nice one!

Dégustée au printemps 2017 sur place (De mes notes). .

500ml bottle (thx, Jonathan J.!) shared with mom. Bottled on Dec-2016. Pours a very dark brown with a huge dark brown head. Aroma is roasted malt, coffee, some hops. Taste is slightly sweet, some fruitiness, coffee, roasted malt. Good stuff.

Got in a BIF from oline73. 500 ml bottle into tulip glass, bottled on 1/13/2016. Pours pitch black color with a 2 finger dense dark brown head with great retention, that reduces to a nice cap that lingers. Nice spotty soapy lacing clings around the glass. Aromas of big dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, toasted oats, caramel, dark bread, toffee, herbal, and floral; with lighter notes of pepper, nuttiness, smoke, char, dark fruit, and roast/toasted earthiness. Damn nice aromas with great balance and complexity of dark/roast/bready malt, coffee, and moderate earthy hop notes; with great strength. Taste of big dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, toasted oats, caramel, dark bread, toffee, herbal, and floral; with lighter notes of pepper, nuttiness, smoke, char, dark fruit, and roast/toasted earthiness. Moderate roast/char and herbal/spicy hop bitterness on the finish; with lingering notes of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, toasted oats, caramel, dark bread, toffee, herbal, floral, and roast/toasted earthiness on the finish for a while. Fantastic complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt, coffee, and moderate earthy hop flavors; with a great roast/hop bitter/sweet balance, and zero cloying flavors after the finish. Light dryness from roast/hop bitterness, increasing through the glass. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; with a very smooth, creamy/silky/bready, and lightly sticky/chalky balanced mouthfeel that is awesome. Alcohol is very well hidden with minimal warmth lingering after the finish. Overall this is an outstanding oatmeal stout! All around awesome complexity, robustness, and balance of dark/roast/bready malt, coffee, and moderate earthy hop flavors; very smooth and easy to drink. The coffee has faded a fair amount as expected given the bottle dating; but this is still a wonderfully well balanced, complex, and spot on example of the style. A highly enjoyable offering.

22 oz bottle shared by Huhzubendah, thanks Matt! Black with light tan head. Aromas of dark chocolate, roasty notes, light vanilla. Tastes of dark chocolate, roasty notes, caramel. Full body with a dry finish. Nice stout.