6.6

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

Old rating - 330ml bottle, pours brown with a beige head. Aromas & tastes of caramel, coffee, hints of smoke, liquorice & malt. Medium body. Dry light bitter finish

Historic check-in, dating from when the brewery was known as Traditional Scottish Ales

4.6

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3.5

Clear very dark brown, fizzy head, gone in a second. Roasted malt, caramel and coffee aroma. Sourish, roasted flavour, late hints of smoke. Dry. Not good.

7.5

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

Bottle. Backlog rating from bottle collection and historic scoring. Source not recorded. No tasting notes kept, just rating.

6

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

Huddersfield 2016 Oktoberfest Beer Festival Ale. Very dark with an off-white head. Plenty of flavour with coffee amongst its roasted malts

7

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

Bottle. Black body with a thin beige head. Good lacing. Aroma of porridge, coffee and smoke. Flavour of coffee, roasted malt, ash and chocolate. Medium body with a smooth, velvety texture. A tasty, ashy Stout.

6.5

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle from Cocktail’s, Littleborough as TSA Wild Oat Stout. Black with no head. It’s not quite full, but its roasted malt is more than evident in both aroma and taste.

6.9

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

Cask at the white lady. Pours clear dark brown with a thin beige head. Aromas of coffee, coca cola. Taste is more coffee. Thin texture, bitter chocolate on the finish.

6.4

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

Bottle at home. Pours black, nose is oaty, light roast, taste is sweet chocolate.