22nd November 2009
ChrisOs Kook Tasting. Cloudy brown beer. Light toffee malt. A little bit of mellow hop. Not much else.

From a 330ml bottle on 26/5/2012. Pours a very dark brown, with a biggish head which disappears slowly. The aroma is primarily chocolate and toffee malts. Flavour wise there is lots of dark chocolate, a touch of coffee, some quite distinct roasty notes, and a herbal backdrop. Finishes off with some nice hoppy notes. All up, a very solid brown ale with some classy packaging.

Bottle at Chriso’s Kook Tasting 09. Dark brown, lasting beige. Decent mild. Some hop. It’s ok.

330ml bottle. Pours burnt toffee with a well-retained soft beige head. Lacing all the way down the glass. Burnt sugars, piney hops, brewed coffee and berries. Taste is coffee, cocoa and nuts. Has a full yeasty mouthfeel. I’m not getting either the thinness or sweetness that some others here have reported - mine’s dry and quite rich. It was at the porter end of brown ale. It would seem that this one has been a bit all over the shop, but this bottle is very good. [3.7]Bottle. Dark brown with a huge beige head. Aroma of singed dark sugars, grass, coffee and pine. Excessively carbonated. Taste is dry with coffee and cocoa, light roasted malt, a little pine. Some overt bitterness at the end. Good once I got most of the bubbles out.

Dark copper pour, small chalky head. I’ve never seen such a contrast between the head and the actual beer.Aroma is hop-centred: grapefruit and green/grassy notes. I’m guessing there was a fair whack of dry hopping. Some toasty/nutty/caramel notes are present in the background.Flavour is more malt oriented: toasty, almost roasted, with some more nutty hints. Some green hops present. The mix of hoppy/roasted bitterness lingers. A bit thin.Both body and carbonation are slightly lacking.I was quite impressed with this, even if it is a bit thin.