Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

Festival pint at Golden Bee pub in Stratford-Upon-Avon, England. Cask pour. It pours a pitch black color with a small beige head and excellent retention. Excellent lacing. Very mild dark caramel and light coffee aroma. The flavor is very mild. No caramel notes. Super smooth and clean. This is a mild stout overall. The flavor's not super special, but the cask conditioning is super smooth, clean, and creamy. It's a medium-heavy body and low carbonation. Almost no bitterness. Great texture.

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

500ml bottle, pours black with a off white head. Aromas & tastes of chocolate, coffee, plums, port, earth & roasted malt. Medium body. Light bitter finish. Quite enjoyable.

21/03/2016. J.J. MOONS, 56a Tooting High Street, LONDON, SW17, England (WETHERSPOONS)

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

Cask at Moon Under Water, Wolverhampton. Pours almost black with a small cream head. There’s dark fruits and roasted malts in the aroma. In the mouth it is slightly sweet and has a fruity texture plus a little smokiness. Main flavour is lashings of liquorice with some toffee and alcoholic strength. Finish is dry and smokey. Decent, but I didn’t enloy it as much as I expected. Maybe a rerate is required ?

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

On cask at The Coal Orchard (JDW), Taunton. Pours opaque near black with an off white head. Aroma: toast, mild smoke, lightly meaty. Taste: light to moderate sweet & bitter, dry, bread, mild smoked meat vibes, liquorice, port barrel. Medium body with moderate carbonation.

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

Adding in my 300 Beers To Try ticks because I want to see how they impact my stats and some of them I will never see again. Will however re-rate them when practical. Picked up for my by my in-laws when they were down in Devon. Also got me a branded pint glass. One of the first stouts that I really got.

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

Bottle. Birthday gift off Totnes. Deep, reddy brown. Fine, off white head. Nose has port dregs. Coffee. Some old wood. Touch of fruit. Taste is a little bitter and earthy, with some fruit sweetness. Light to medium body. Fine carbonation. Bitterness to finish. Ok for an out of date hote browne.

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

Bottle, last of the backlog ratings. Bought whilst on holiday in Devon. Poured dark brown with a lasting beige head. Aroma of coffee, roasted malt, chocolate, caramel, dark fruit, touch of liquorice. Medium sweetness, moderate roasted bitterness. Medium body, oily texture, soft carbonation.