6.9

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

Cask handpull at The Fat Cat Brewery Tap Norwich. Dark almost black beer lasting tan head. Fruity aroma mild. some rum some plum dark cherry. Juicy mouthfeel. yes a bit bonkers but the fruit is good.

8.3

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

Cask at Head of Steam, Birmingham. Black with dense beige head. Fantastic aroma, fruity, cherries, caramel, spices, some chocolate, lots of rum, bitter finish. Smooth. Medium bodied.

7

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

Gravity cask at the Blue Boar as part of their North Riding TTO. It's a purplish brown/black with a very loose tan head. Unsurprisingly smells of stone fruit; although the rum is less conspicuous, it's certainly detectable in the background. Sharp note of cherry chocolate on the nose as well. Swet taste, maybe a bit unbalanced but not quite sickly, with plummy flavours and an underlying note akin to butter rum Lifesavers. Flat oily body. Normally not a big fan of rum beers but this one hits the spot.

6.9

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

Pours a very dark brown with a reddish tint and a frothy beige head. Aroma is sweet dried fruit, light roasted malts and rum. A moderately sweet fruity taste with sweet malt, rum and Christmas spice flavours with a light dryness in the finish. Very good.

8

Exactly as advertised!

6.8

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

Cask gravity at the Glasgow beer event... Dark.. thin tan lacing... Soft chocolate roast... Soft sweet toffee fruit nose.. oh my its rum and raisins fudge... it just seem a little artificial

7.4

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

Cask at a Glasgow beer event. Pours black, nose is rum, raisin, cream, fudge, taste is sweet, creamy, chocolate, raisin.

7.5

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

Cask @ The Grove, Huddersfield. Black with a creamy off-white head. Smells like amarula, tastes like Christmas pudding. It’s milky with some roasted malt flavour.

2.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 1 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 1

Cask @ The Cellar, Chester [050916]
Black, thin ruby edges, dense beige head
Aroma of sugar candy, nothing else (!)
Taste of bitter rum, raisin, thin candy sugars, oh this is a huge clash with my palate...uurrrgghhh
Palate - Thin body...very sweet...oh this is awful
Overall - Couldn’t drink this at all, yuck...I’ve had this with rum beers before. Maybe it’s a Marmite beer...probably my palate(!)

6.5

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

Bottle from North Riding BrewPub, Scarborough. Black colour with a tan head. The aroma really hits the rum and raisin, with banana. Taste sweetish with a roasted bitter finish.