Bottle at home in London - sourced from Clapton Craft. Pours deep brown with a creamy, tan head. The aroma has some burnt lactose sugars, milk chocolate, light ashy roast. Light sweet flavour with notes of burnt caramel, brown sugar, mellow chocolate, some old coffee, moderate earthy bitterness. Light to medium bodied with average carbonation. Finishes with more ash, bittersweet cocoa, earth, aged coffee, dried berries. Interesting stuff. Not bad overall.

Keg at the Euston Tap, East Lodge, 27/01/17. Dark amber with a decent beige cap. Nose is sweet malts, biscuit, chocolate, light spice, lactic nip. Taste comprises milk chocolte biscuits, brown bread, malts, light sour fruit vibes, spice. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok.

Keg at CronxBar. It pours darkest brown, near black with a thick light tan head. The aroma is sweet, roasted malt, chocolate, brown bread, coffee cake and roasted nut. The taste is smooth, bitter - sweet, roasted malt, milk chocolate, toasted nut, coffee cake, cola and some plum. Finish is dry and toasty. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Pretty well rounded. Decent milk stout.

Keg at the Euston tap. A nut brown red coloured pour with a lasting beige head. Aroma is milky roast, nutty brown bread, hint of choc. Flavour is composed of milky choc, roast, lactose sugars, chalky, carbonic acid bite. Palate is medium bodied, sweet rounded, highish carbonation. Sweet abrasive carbonation. .