7.4

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

440ml can. Pours a dark brown with a white foamy head. Aromas & tastes of citrus including lemon, earth, toffee, nuts, hops & roasted malt. Medium body. Moderate bitter finish. Highly enjoyable

6.9

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

Can from Waitrose, King's Cross Station. Very dark with a creamy-frothy off-white head. Has a healthy mix of dark malt and tropical fruitiness at an easy strength.

5.5

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

440ml can from Waitrose, Chester. Hazed dull dark brown, medium off-white head. Aroma of nutty malt, chocolate. Taste seems somewhat subdued, some mild chocolate notes, nutty hints, soft malt, but lacks a bold hop presence. Bit disappointing.

7.6

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

Can at home, from Waitrose, 25th March 2022. Pours a very dark brown. Aroma is cocoa, citrus and malts, aromatic. Taste is smooth, bitter cocoa, aromatic hops, citrus. It’s good for the abv, nice one

7.4

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

Cask at PoW, Farnborough. Aroma combines sweet citrus with a herbal streak and dark berries. Opaque dark cola brown. Frothy light beige head. Medium bitter. Coffee and herbs. Resin streak. Sugary sweet caramelised fruit underbelly. Medium bodied. Slick. Soft carbonation. Long dry finish. Slips down. Good stuff.

6

Interesting on cask. The bitterness almost tastes more akin to a stout bitterness than a black IPA, and with a full hop flavor also.

7.4

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

Cask at Pigs Ear '21, day two, 01/12/21. Rich mahogany brown with a decent beige covering. Nose is cocoa powder, dried red berries, pine dusting, light roast. Taste comprises dried fruits, brown bread, light ashen nip, pine needle. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with dusty hop bitterness. Solid flavoursome CDA for 4.5%.

7.1

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

Cask at the pigs ear beer festival 2021. A clear mahogany brown coloured pour with a lasting loose beige head. Aroma is singed pine needles, liquorice, grass, nutty malts. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, toasted malts, sticky piney hop, liquorice, tobacco mellow roast,. Firm bitterness. Burnt grass in the finish. Palate is semi sweet, rounded, little watery, decent cask condition.

8

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

Gravity cask at Pigs Ear 2021 - Hackney. Pours clear brown with a frothy, off-white head. Lovely beer, mellow roast, light cocoa, bright citrus, soft toasted pine, nips of earth, grapefruit, orange. Light bodied with fine carbonation; great condition. Balanced finish. Massively drinkable.