8.5

Roasted malty bitter cocoa and slight sweet. Slight Belgian yeasty. Maybe the last place ever serving the last vintage of this.

8.4

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

Sample thanks to Grumbo: Poured pitch black with brown edges, not a lot of head bubbles. Aroma is dark fruit, candy, chocolate, light smoke, roasted malts. Taste has a card smoke, roasted malts, coffee, interesting bitter chocolate and fruit mix.

8.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

17/01/2020. Cask at the 11th Elysian Winter Beer Festival. In the programme as the original and only recipe Steve was on-hand to confirm this has gone back to its origins. Pours opaque black with a small beige head. Aroma of toffee, dark chocolate, roasted malt, coffee, biscuit, dried fruits, touch of nut and molasses. Medium sweetness and moderate to medium roasted bitterness. Full bodied, slick texture, soft to flat carbonation. Toasted, dark chocolate, moderately bitter, warming finish. Yep, this is good.

7.5

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask at the 9th Elysian Winter Beer Festival. Pours black with a maroon tint and a bubbly tan coloured head. Aroma of chocolate, roasted coffee, malt, fruit, berries and a little smoke. Light sweetness, heavy bitterness. Full bodied, oily texture, soft carbonation. Very bitter finish.

8.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

New version on tap at the Stoneworks Peterborough. Jet black colour with a thick tan head, that remained to the bottom of the glass. Rich chocolate malty and coffee aroma. Taste coffee roasted bitter, to bittersweet balance. Thick full body, that feels well below 9%.

7.5

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Gravity cask at Cambridge Beer Festival 2017. Dark brown, bordering on black. Bubbles of tan head. Coffee, coffee, charcoal and coffee in the aroma. Sweet tastwith fudge, cortadito, some yeast extract. Finish is notably more bitter and the body is slick and oily. It’s a good cask imperial stout.

7.9

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

Backlog rating. From cask at the Chelmsford Winter Beer & Cider Festival, February 2016.

8.3

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

Tried at the Stoneworks, Peterborough. Rich black colour with a thick ran head. Roasted malt and fruity aroma. Taste roasted, chocolate coffee and dried fruit. Thick body. Decent beer.

6.4

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

Bottle tastes at Craig’s. pours deep black with nose of cola and roasted malt. Tastes of mostly cola, some licorice, roasty, and some cheap chocolate. smooth palate and not cloying