7.1

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

'Mad Friday' 2025 Beer#11. Eleventh brew on one of the busiest drinking days of the year. Reddish clear brown easy enough porter with a blast of sweetish chocolate in taste, and fairly smooth too.

6.8

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

Pint on cask at the Gate House jDW 5:26 PM 21 Nov 22

8.6

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

500 ml bottle, from Selfridge’s food store, London. ABV is 5.5%. Very dark brown colour, large to moderate beige head. Nice malty aroma and flavour, notes of caramel, dark dried fruits and nuts, hints of chocolate. Rich mouthfeel. Moderate but noticeable hops in the finish. Well balanced and very enjoyable.

7

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

6.9

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

Seasonal beer on Christmas Party night, it's a relatively decent 'winter warmer' - certainly looks the part, dark chestnut brown with a creamy tan head and a sweet fruit pudding aroma. Medium bodied, but not overly creamy, there's plenty of fruit and malt, maybe a little hint of spice in the dry and very slightly bitter finish.

20/12/1997. APPLEJACKS, Upper Parliament Street, NOTTINGHAM, Nottinghamshire, England (FREE HOUSE)

6.9

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

Bottle from Ocado. Dark brown pour with a beige head. Aromas of chocolate nut, caramel, toffee, whack of dark fruits. Flavours of raisins, nuts, chocolate, more dark fruit coming through in the back end. Malty sweet mouthfeel. Light hit of hops in the finish.

7

Bottle online from Ocado. Pours a very dark brown almost black with a slight reddish hue and a medium sized creamy beige head. Aromas of dark fruits, chocolate, roasted malts, treacle and liquorice. Taste is more dark fruits, chocolate, coffee, roasted malts, burnt brown bread and a touch more liquorice. Medium body, low carbonation and smooth slightly oily mouthfeel. Quite a nice wintery beer.

7.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle at home, 20th December 2021. Pours a clear chestnut brown. Aroma is nutty, caramel, roasted malts. Taste is smooth, caramel, burnt sugar and roasted malts, nutty and very tasty, nice by the fire

5.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Pours black with a small head.Nose shows chocolate and nutty malt along with faint coffee notes.Flavours include bready malt, sultanas, golden syrup and faint coffee. A bit faded and oxidised though.Body feels watery.