6.8

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

Cask at RS HW, 29/07/17. Light black with a decent tan cap. Nose is chocolate, light roast, vanilla, earthy. Taste comprises milk chocolate, vanilla essence, fruit rinds, light charr, spice. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close. Decent enough stout.

5

Very sweet. Prickly. Toffee. Cigar ash. Burnt prunes. Pears. Ott lactose. Cloying.

7

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

Bottle from Deeside Drinks Emporium. It pours black with a small beige head. The aroma is bitter - sweet, creamy, milky, chocolate, coffee grounds, tangy action and earth roast. The taste is bitter - sweet, creamy, milk chocolate, cocoa, coffee grounds, earth, charred wood and tangy fruits with a dryish finish. Medium body, fine carbonation and chewy mouth-feel. Decent milk stout.

7.2

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

Bottle thanks to SS! Pours clear ruby black, small tan head, dissipates fairly quickly, good lacing. Aroma is roasty, lactose, cocoa. Flavor is light sweet, light bitter, pine, roast and lactose. Medium body, silky mouthfeel. an odd bitter lingering far finish.

6.5

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

Bottle. Black body with a thin beige head. Faint lacing. Aroma of blackberries, chocolate and wood. Flavour of berries, roasted malt and chocolate. Thin body with a creamy texture. Soft fizz. Tasty and flavoursome but a bit thin.

7.2

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

Black beer with a thin filmy head. Bitter smell of coffee and malt. Flavour is pretty dry, more so than most sweet/milk stouts I’ve had. Rich, earthy malt with chocolate and coffee, the usual creamy mouthfeel and a dark chocolate aftertaste. Very nice.

7

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

Cask-conditioned at the Volunteer, Bristol 12/11/2015. Dark brown in colour, with a decent, beige, head. Brown sugar, Milk chocolate, toasty malts and some dark berry fruits in the finish. Enjoyable.

7

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

Cask at Cloisters. Pours clear dark brown, red chinks, and a thin beige head. Aromas of sweet nuts, light chocolate. Taste is fruity, blackcurrant, sweet, with a rich texture, milk sugars coming through. Sweet finish.

7.8

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

Cask at cloisters bar.. Dark red black.. Thin tan lacing... Soft sweet chocolate roast malts nose.. Soft chocolate roast.. Soft milk chocolate roast malts

7.6

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

Cask at cloisters. Pours black, nose is creamy chocolate, milky, taste is sweet, creamy, dry chocolate, roasted malts.