6.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

On tap at Chester Station Tap. Pours a very dark reddish-brown with a medium sized foamy cream head and good lacing. The aroma is subdued – just hints of malts and caramel. In the mouth it is sweet and creamy but also slightly watery. Flavour is basically roasted malts, but with hints of ginger and (later) liquorice and vanilla. A little bitterness in the dry finish. This is decent.

7.3

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

Draft, taster. @"Mash 2025", Barcelona (Spain). 24/10/2025
[#8.705 Global - #175 Ireland - #38 Whiplash]
Pours pitch black with a lacing tan head. Aroma: roasted malts, coffee beans and rich dark chocolate. Taste: medium roasty leading to a coffeish palate. Dry palate.
Next one, please!

6.9

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

On keg at Maison du Biere, Elsecar - Jet black body with a firm tan head. Chocolate dominates, bit of black coffee bitterness, some burnt malts.

6.4

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

Sort med glatt beige, fyldig topp som blir liggende.
Aroma; malt, sjokolade, rosiner, svak eim av urter, humle
Smak; malt, rosiner, grannål, humle, karamell.

Silkemyk, balansert. Litt kort ettersmak.

6.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Two 330ml glasses, draught at Cafe Sånn. Deep black body, covering beige head, scattered lacing. Nicely roasted dark malty aromas. Dark malt-forward taste with black chocolate, hints of dark bread, and a note of liquorice. Rounded, slightly roasted malty tail. Drinks very well. In friendly company with Haakon. (Tromsø, 01.09.2025).

6.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 7

(Draft at Beer Merchants Tap, Hackney Wick, London, 30 May 2025) Black colour with creamy, beige head. Malty, roasted nose with notes of dark chocolate, black coffee and dark bread. Malty, roasted taste with black coffee, dark chocolate, ashes, roasted grain, dark bread and a balanced coffee/cacao bitterness. Medium body, dry. Classic dry Irish stout. Nice one.

6.9

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

Dark with a creamy tan head. Roasted, coffee, cocoa, wort, light vanilla. Full body. Very solid.

6.8

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

Keg draught at Brighton Bierhaus. Mid- to dark chocolate brown, translucent with a tight beige head. Light aroma of chocolate, a little bit of hazelnut, touch of oak. The taste is mostly sweet with some bitterness, with flavours of liquorice and milk chocolate. Long finish is fairly bitter. Soft body with medium carbonation. Really good but a trifle timid.

7.5

24/04/2025 Tap at Taphouse, Copenhagen