Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Deep brown with a finger of tan head. Medium to thin body. Sweet caramel, dark malts, chocolate, a faint pretense of roasted malt. Finish is caramel and sweet. Mid at best.

Bought from local supermarket, drank at home. Decent stout

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

Black, tan fast fading head. Nose of faint roast and light alcohol. Medium lactose sweetness, lightly roasted. Black licorice notes

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

Bottle from Sainsbury's, Wycombe. Deep mahogany with a beige to tan head. Rich chocolate up front, then muscovado sugar, a touch of liquorice and wood and some spice. After an excellent start it faded a little and felt a little thin for the strength, but I still thoroughly enjoyed it. Impressive stuff considering the very low price point (think it was only £1.70) - this is better than many craft beers of two or three times the price. Also liked that it was sold in a smaller size bottle (284ml) - I'd like to see more strong beers sold in smaller volume cans/bottles like this, I really don't need or want 440ml of triple IPAs and big imperial stouts.

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

Bottled. Black. Not so great. Way too sweet and just doesn’t work. Asian stouts are way better. and they’re not great.

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

Old rating from 2014 - 284ml bottle, gift from friends. Pours black with a beige creamy head. Aromas & tastes of molasses, brown sugar, chocolate, coffee, black currant & liquorice. Moderate body. Barely carbonated. Sweet finish

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

Bottle. Not had much experience with this style but comparing it to reg. stouts is was very good. Slightly sweet but not as sweet as one would think. Nice dark malt flavors. Small head and slight lace. Nice dark color.

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 3.5

Bottle at the Airbnb from this Carefour that’s been providing me with new country ticks and ‘1001 beers…’ all week. Pours black with a quickly dissipating beige head. Nose is dark malts and syrupy sweetness. Taste is pretty similar, some malt notes, but it’s mainly syrup and molasses. It’s rather sweet, almost overwhelmingly so. Closes with a sugary sweet finish, it’s got a ligh to medium body and soft carbonation. Not terrible but quite syrupy and sweet.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

330ml bottle. Wow, yeah i’ll say sweet stout. This was so sweet, and cloying, it had to be an off bottle. no hops, just sugary sweetness. yuck.