5.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Cask at The Star & Garter, Bromley. Black pour with a beige head. Nose is glace cherries, fruitcake, toffee,chocolate. Taste is bitter chocolate, Bakewell tart, glace cherries. Initially malty & sweet but too much bitterness for me in the back end.

6.9

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

24/8/2023. Cask at the 44th Peterborough Beer Festival. Pours clear very dark brown with a small bubbly beige head. Aroma of cherry, strawberry, biscuit, light roasted malt, chocolate. Medium sweetness, moderate roasted bitterness. Medium body, oily, soft carbonation. Nice aroma, quite decent.

6.2

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

1/3 pint, cask at BeerHeadZ. Low fawn-coloured head, jet black in the glass, fair lacing. Roasted mid-sweet, earthy malts on the nose. Blended sweet taste profile of toffee, biscuit, and dark dough. Sweet, lightly roasted end. Okay just a tad to sweet in the long run. (Grantham 13.11.2021).

6.2

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Svart. Mokkafarget filmskum. Aroma av vanilje & lakris. Silkemyk munnfølelse. Smaken vanilje. Søt. I overkant.

7.2

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

Bottle. Beer Central, Sheffield. Sits very dark chestnut brown with a slim, sticky beige foam. Nose has Raspberry Ruffle chocolate. Hint of almond essence. Some earthy hop leaf. Taste is initially sweet, with a light roast malt and coffee bitterness. Pretty smooth mouthfeel, albeit a tad thin. Fine carbonation. Moderate bitterness to finish.

7

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

Bottle thanks to allmyvinyl. Appearance - opaque black with a lovely beige head. Nose - blueberry, blackberry and Parma violet. Taste - Parma violet and cherry. Chocolate is faint. Palate - medium bodied with a creamy texture. Dry lightly roasty finish. Overall - a bit weird. But pleasant.

7.1

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

Bottle at James's. Pours black, nose is parma violet, roasted, chocolate, taste is sweet toffee, chocolate, floral, hint of almond.

7

bottle at James.. July 2021... dark black... small tan head... soft cherry... Light tart cherry chocolate Roast malts nose... soft fruit... Light blueberry.. soft chocolate... Light Parma violet finish.. little to bitter in finish

7.5

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

Bottle from Belly Rub Beer, Scarborough. Pours dark brown with a thin beige head. Aromas of light chocolate, dark sugar, raisins. Taste is blueberry, raisins, blackcurrant, liquorice. Bitter finish.