6.8

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

Old rating - 500ml bottle from Waitrose in Totnes on my Devon holiday. Poured at home in Jersey, it's jet black with a off white foamy head. Aromas & tastes of coffee, berries, chocolate, toast & hints of smoke. Medium body. Dry slightly bitter finish. Very enjoyable

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6.4

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

50cl bottle from Morrisons.
Thin off white head. Clear almost black pour. A bit of chocolate in the aftertaste. Pretty decent.

7

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

(Bottle) Black colour with brief, beige head. Malty, roasted nose with coffee, dark chocolate, black rye bread, a touch of liquorice and ashes. Malty, roasted taste with notes of coffee, roasted malt, dark bread, chocolate and a balanced roasty bitterness in the finish. Medium body, quite dry. Tasty and well balanced stout. Nice one.

6.9

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

Pours a deep brown, near black, with a foamy beige head and a rich, roasted malt aroma, with hints of chocolate and dark fruits. The mouthfeel is smooth, but on the thin side, and the flavour is predominately roasted malt, with some chocolate and dark fruits coming through, and a hint of coffee, alongside a nice, dry bitterness that lasts into the finish

6.5

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

Keg at Cosy Club, Portsmouth. Aroma of dark coffee and berries. Dark. Foamy beige head. Light-medium sour berries with underlying but feint coffee bitterness. Touches on sour milk. Light-medium bodied. thin creaminesss. Flat carbonation. Long astringent finish. It's fine but no depth to it.

6.5

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

Bottle at home, 13/10/18. Mahogany brown with a decent beige covering. Nose is chocolate, toffee, dark malts, brown sugar. Taste comprises dark fruit rinds, cocoa powder, brown sugars, treacle toffee, mellow roast, faint spice. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close. Ok stout.

7.5

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

Nitro: Poured a black brown with tan head. Aroma is rich chocolate malts. Taste is deep rich dark malts. Side note got stung by a bee while drinking beer. F’n eh!

6.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle. Pours unclear deep brown with small off-white head. Nose: faint roastiness, coffee, toasted malts. Light body. Dry taste. Malty. Roast & coffee. Low bitterness. Very drinkable but no solid body.

6.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5

Bottle at a house party when I was looking for a change, but a bit far gone to remember much about it. It was followed by the DJ playing "Baggy Trousers" and "Lip up Fatty" which cleared the dancefloor of everyone but me. A good stout with bitter hops and a rather pleasant mouthfeel, but deserves a re-rate. I did however come home with the remaining 11 bottles of the case as the lady who brought them didn't want them and no one else did either. Result! Re rate Jan 2018 - An interesting low abv stout without the mouthfeel that you would normally expect from the style. There was plenty of toasted malt in the flavour and some good bitter hops. I would classify this as a dark bitter and there is nothing wrong with it at all. I have 7 bottles left and I am looking forward to drinking them.