5.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 5

Can online from Cloudwater Nov 2020. Pours deep brown towards black with a tan cap. Aroma: deep roast malts, liquorice, treacle, boozy. Taste: moderate to heavy sweet, fruit cake, dried fruits, chocolate, harsh bitterness, very boozy. Dry finish. Medium to full body with light carbonation. Didn't get on with this at all, the harsh bitterness & booziness ruined it for me.

7.6

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

Sample thanks to Cloin: Poured a pitch black with a thin light brown head. Aroma is dark fruits, roasted malts, boozy. Taste is bitter hoppy forward, stick dark fruits, rich roasted malts, molasses, boozy.

7.4

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

Panda at home, thanks to Fergus, 27/01/21. Black with a decent tan covering that veers to the edge and forms a swirl atop the glass. Nose is dark fruit rinds, light spice, liquorice, roasted tones, treacle toffee. Taste comprises molasses, fruit cake, dates, chocolate, spice, aniseed, dried fruits. Full bodied, fine carbonation with a light oily edge, drying close with a fairly balanced rising boost. Decent enough old skool leaning impy stout ... just a touch raw and boozey in places.

7.2

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can at home picked up from Cloudwater online. Adark mahogany brown coloured pour with a lasting frothy mid tan head. Attractive. Aroma is some earthy ashy meat roast, hint of coconut, some hot alcohol, paint, some cakey malts. Flavour is composed of rich bitter cakey amtls, bitter burnt cake, ashy roast, some dried fruits, Harsh. Palate is oily, hot alcohol, light tang, lowish carbonation.

8

can at home.. October 2020... dark black.. small tan head.. soft dusty chocolate roast malts nose... soft dry odd dusty chocolate.. bright hop.. dry pine.. rich almost burnt roast.. almost hop burn can at cropredy 2022 Friday... dark black... small tan head.. soft rich ovaltine rich chocolate roast malts nose... dark chocolate roast.. heavy roast malts 4.0

8.1

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

Can thanks to Stuu666. Appearance - black with a slightly off cream head. Nose - dark chocolate, edge of coffee, roast and light smoke. Slightly savoury. Taste - dark chocolate, dried fruit and roast again. Palate - medium bodied, creamy texture. Dry lightly roasty finish. Overall - very good. Classic example of the style.

8

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

Can at ash's. Pours black, nose is meaty, chocolate, cocoa powder, taste is chocolate, bitter, roasted, coffee.

8.1

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

Can. Pours black with a thin tan head. Aromas of blackcurrant, leather and smoke. Taste has chocolate on top. Rich and velvety. Good.

8.2

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

Can from RAD. Jet black colour with thin tan head. Roasted malty and chocolate aroma. Taste light bitter to sweet.. Full body.