7

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

Cask at the Queens Head, Stourbridge. Pours very dark brown with a small head. Aroma is dry roast and dark berries. Taste has minty roast to start with liquorice and dark fruits on the finish.

17/11/2017. SALMON, 19 Butt Close Lane, LEICESTER, Leicestershire, England (BLACK COUNTRY)

6.4

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

Cask at Bird in Hand, Stafford. Pours a dark mahogany with a medium cream / tan head. Roast malts and caramel in the aroma plus hints of chocolate. Liquorice is the most prominent flavour in the mouth, together with malts and parkin. There’s a distinct smokiness to the whole caboodle as well. Later on there are traces of dark fruits and the finish is quite bitter. This is quite nice.

6.6

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

Cask at the Craven Arms, Birmingham. Poured almost black in colour with a mostly lasting frothy off-white head. The aroma is roasty malt, light caramel. The flavour is moderate to light liqourice bitter, with a smooth, light, roasty, yeasty, light caramel, smoky, liqourice bitter palate. Medium to light bodied with soft carbonation.