Last Years Advent :)

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

Hand pumped at Malto, Riccione, Italy. Pours dark brown, with a thick head of light brown foam, very fine. Aroma is delicate of coffee and dark chocolate. Body is average, with no carbonation. Taste is fairly bitter, with a nicely herbaceous final.

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

Keg draught at the Real Ale Classroom, Leicester city centre. Dark brown and mostly opaque with a small khaki head and generous lacing. Aroma of pine, bitter dark malts, light notes of tropical fruit. Taste is pretty bitter but it isn't overdone; with light piney notes behind the heavy malt oresence. Suitably dry on the finish. Light body, medium carbonation. Exquisite.

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

Cask at the Hop Vault, Stourbridge. Pours jet black with a medium head. Aroma is hoppy blackcurrant and dry roast. Taste has dry roast with a hoppy blackcurrant Locket finish.

Dry… and stouty. Roast. But not so much body to it. Nice but maybe it was too cold.

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

Keg at Arch 7 - Bermondsey. Pours black-brown with a foamy, mocha cap. Light-medium sweet flavour with robust ashy roast, scorched earth, burnt rubber, bitter dark chocolate. Light bodied with velvety texture and massaging carbonation. Ashy and dry in the finish, more baking cocoa, a few raisins. Lovely.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9

Tap at the taproom, with Peter, 8th December 22. Pours a black beer, tan head. Aroma is roasted malts and cocoa, aromatic. Taste is dusty cocoa, roasted malts, perfume hops. Kernel do these beers so we’ll.

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

Pours a black colour and a frothy beige head. Aroma's of roast, mocha, retronasal it's a bit sweetish and light roasty sourish. Flavour is light bitter, roasted. Light bodied. Firm earthy bitter finish.