Cask @ Hanging Bat [280713]
Jet black, tan ran rim
Aroma of dark sweet malts, soft mellow roast, liquorice, vinous, red fruits, raisin, port, alcohol well hidden, complex nose
Taste of dark sweet malts, port, touch of chocolate, nice liquorice, dark treacle, warming alcohol, soft molasses, smooth, the thick stuff at the bottom of the glass - yum yum
Palate - Medium body, very smooth. Finish as main flavour, warming alcohol, soft chocolate and port linger
Overall - Just a great impy

take awqy at home ... 28/july ... what can i say i needed more. Its superb. Sadlt this one isnt all mine and i had to share with the wife. Definitly 4.3 >br>cask at bat 28 july 13...deep black... Deep heavy roast nose... Sweet malt roast... Big mellow licorice and chocolate... Mellow malts... Soft sweet tofee chocolate roast.. Rivh intense and mine all mine 4.3 Take Away at home 21.7.13 ... deep black ...rich blackcurrant ... soft light licorice nose ... soft sweet roast .. big chocolate ... light aniseed ... licorice ... mellow smooth rounded ... full bodied ... rich and complaex ... wondefully smooth .. mellow licorice balanced well into it deep rich body ... its a sipper but its a delight .. light bitterness in it linger 4.ew Jesus Blend ... deep black ... thin tan head ... softr sweet chocolate...deep dark roast malts ...dark chocolate ...mellow roat malts ... massive chocolate ... totally crackin ... soft smooth and silky 4.4

Cask at the Craft Beer Co 2nd Birthday Bonanza, 29/06/13. Pitch black with a tan head that dissipates to the edge and leaves a swirl atop the glass. Nose is roast malts, chocolate, woody notes, sugars. Taste comprises demerara sugars, boozey notes, liqourice, molasses, chocolate. Full bodied, soft carbonation, sweet and boozey in the execution. Decent drop especially for cask dispense, held together well and the big ABV never really interfered with it’s drinkability. Re rated at home on 11/10/14 from a bottle. Super solid coffee driven impy, nice pinch of spice that balances out the sweet aspect of this beer. Viscous oily feel. Top draw was 3.8, now 4.3.

Cask at the Craft Beer Company 2nd birthday. Sweet caramel soft roast aroma. Black caramel colour, legs, thin tan head. viscous. Flavour is bold oak and vanilla, brown malt and booze. Bitter roast in the finish. Viscous oily palate. . Decent, but would be better on keg. 747314 Bottle at home from the rot box. a thick black oily black coloured pour with a fading dark tan head. Aroma is earthy dark roast, liquorice, brown sugars, . Flavour is nice bitter roast, liquorice, oily, rich sugars. Palate is thick sticky, oily, mellow carbonation. Has aged really well.

Cask at CBC Islington during the Siren tap takeover - London. Pours oily black with a beige-brown foam head. Dark malts abound in the nose with notes of burnt sugars, chocolate and raisins. Big sweet flavor with oily chocolate, good roast, earthy cocoa, some booze, light char, licorice, faint molasses, chocolate syrup, sturdy roasted malts. Full bodied with fine carbonation and oily texture. Warm finish, medium to heavy sweetness, bitter baking cocoa, dark sugars, overripe dark fruit. Ballsy but still manages to keep a nice balance.