7.1

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

500ml bottle from Bier Huis. Gluten Free. Dark brown-black colour, bubbly tan foam head and aroma of roast malt, chocolate, coffee, liquorice. Taste is roasted malt, ashy, smokey, with chocolate & coffee notes, and earthy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, dry tangy roasted bitter finish. Nicely drinkable,

6.6

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

Thin creamy tan head on a rich mahogany coloured body.
Malt, aniseed & berry aroma.
Medium bodied, finely carbonated & clean on the back.
Malt, burnt, roasted, aniseed & berry tastes with a tangy fruity finish.
Nice Quaffer.

6.6

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

Bottle at home picked up from Mitchells Wines. A dark nutty brown coloured pour with a lasting loose greyish khaki head. Aroma is dark roasted barley, light ash, some dark chocolate, hint of vanilla. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, dark roast, ashy, dry roast, earthy roasted barley, Palate is dry, highish carbonation, light tangy finish. Really solid earthy no-frills stout.

8.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Cask at Calverts Court, Stockport. Pours almost black with a medium sized foamy beige head and good lacing. Vanilla comes through strongly in the aroma alongside some oats and roasted malts. In the mouth it is sweet and smooth (but not excessively so) with a creamy texture. Flavour has vanilla, malts and oats with traces of lactose, cola and liquorice. Some bitterness too which lasts into the slightly dry finish. This is a very enjoyable vanilla stout.

7

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

(Cask at Euston Tap West, London, 15 Nov 2023) Dark brown colour, almost black, with frothy beige head. Malty, roasted nose with chocolate, toasted grain and coffee. Malty, roasted taste with notes of coffee, chocolate, roasted malt, raisins and a balanced roasty bitterness. Medium body, with a touch of sweetness. Tasty and well balanced stout. Nice one.

07/01/2006. ROYAL OAK, Lower Bristol Road, BATH, Bath & North East Somerset, England (FOUR COUNTY INNS)

6

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

Cask at the Pup and Duckling, Solihull. Poured almost black in colour with a lasting frothy off-white head. The aroma is roasty malt, light toffee caramel. The flavour is moderate liqourice bitter, with a smooth, roasty, yeasty, liqourice, floral hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

7.6

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

Cask at William Hawkes, Hull. Pours black with a thick beige head. Aromas of toffee, chocolate, vanilla. Taste is more of the same. Vanilla lingers on the finish.

6.9

Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

500 ml bottle, from Bier Huis, Ossett. ABV is 4.5%. Black colour, large to moderate beige head. Aroma of roast malts, hints of coffee. Roasty and fairly dry flavour, notes of coffee and moderate bittering hops.

7.1

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Handpull cask at the Thorn Tree, Ripley. Very dark brown with a touch of mahogany, almost opaque with a large beige head. Light chocolate notes on the nose with a little bit of liquorice. The taste is sweet with the liquorice much more prominent, and notes of black grape near the finish. Some balancing hop notes in the finish. Light carbonation. It's a lively stout, would have expected it to rate higher.