7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Hand-pulled pint in Montgomery's Tower (a Spoon's in Shrewsbury) on 11th April 2022. Black bodied, tanned topping. Malty and yet also hoppy, not a lot of Cherry action going on though. I quite enjoyed it actually.

6.6

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

Pours a very dark brown colour with a ruby tint and a small beige head. The aroma is dark cherries, roasted malts and light chocolate. A moderately sweet taste, sweet roasted dark malts, sweet black cherries, light chocolate and cakey notes with a smooth drying finish.

6.2

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

# 2848; 4/2022. Aroma of milk chocolate and stone fruit. Opaque dark brown body, persistant tany head. Chocolate, sweet cherry, earthy. Good flavored porter. Third of pint, hand-pulled, pub (Ritz), Lincoln (Lincolnshire, England).

7.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Cask at Briar Rose, Birmingham. Pours almost black with a small foamy cream head and good lacing. The aroma has cherries and a pinch of vanilla. Cherries again to the fore in the mouth, plus chocolate and roast malts. Texture is creamy and overall sweet, but with hints of bitterness. The sweetness wins out in the finish. This is excellent – very moreish.

6

Third of a pint on cask at their beer festival. Medium creamy beige head. Clear almost black pour. Light cherry. Smooth

7

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

Cask at the Waggon & Horses, Stourbridge. Pours very dark brown with a medium head. Aroma is sweet roast and cherry. Taste has cherry, roast and coffee.

6.8

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

Wetherspoon Autumn Beer Festival 2019. Cask @ Waterhouse, Manchester. Extremely dark red with a creamy off-white head. Its cherry is subtle amongst light roasted malts and is slightly sweet. It’s a good fusion.

6.6

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

30/11/2019. Cask at the Dove Street Inn Winter Beer Festival. Pours almost black with a small bubbly off-white head. Aroma of dark cherry, dark chocolate, light roasted malt, Black Forest gateaux and a hint of raspberry. Medium sweetness and light bitterness. Medium body, slight creamy texture, very soft carbonation. Grower.

6.5

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

Third, cask at Crosse Keys (JDW). Shared with Finn. Pitch black in the glass, filmy beige head, scattered lacing. Cherry skins on the nose added by black malts. Fine mix of cherry-almond, nuts and grainy chocolate. Mid-sweet malt-berry finish. Likable. (City, London 19.10.2019).

5.8

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

Cask-conditioned, at the Punch Bowl, (JDW), York October 2019. Dark brown in colour, with a slight, off-white, head. A cherry dominated, sweet beer. So so.