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

Sample thanks to Grumbo: Poured a dark brown to black with a light beige head. Aroma is dark fruits, rich malts. Taste is licorice, grain, chocolate, roasted malts, fruits.

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

18/9/2021. Bottle shared with J&K. Bought direct from the brewer. Pours clear dark maroon brown with a small frothy beige head. Aroma of roasted malt, chocolate, dark fruits, touch of coffee. Moderate sweetness, medium roasted bitterness, slight tart edge. Moderate body, average carbonation. --- Beer aliased from original tick of Redoubt Stout on 15 Aug 2012 at 23:00 - Score: 7. Original review text: 16/8/2012. Cask at the 30th Ipswich Beer Festival.

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

500ml bottle [courtesy of Grumbo - cheers Graham!]. Almost opaque, darkest brown colour with ruby shimmer and average, frothy, moderately lasting, minimally lacing, beige head. Roasty and chocolately, dark malty aroma, notes of cocoa, dark chocolate, some coffee, light fruity overtones of dark fruit, plum, cherry. Taste is moderately bitter, roasty dark malty, hints of cocoa, dark chocolate, some coffee; lingering, bitter roasty finish. Watery texture, dry, minimally repellent palate, medium, prickly carbonation. Quite bitter and roasty - not bad.

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

Cask at CBC, London on 12th April 2013. Dark ruby-black with thin off-white foam. Roasty aroma; rich roastiness in-mouth with smoky touches. Tangy, smoky finish with roastiness, on a zingy mouthfeel and medium body.

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

Cask at CBC Clerkenwell, London during the Birthday Celebration of Jack & Leighton - thanks to Colin for sharing. Pours clear brown with a fine, tan cream head. Nice roasty malt nose. Light to medium sweet flavor with moderate roast, dry cocoa and dark bread. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Good condition. Light bitter earth in the finish, faintly tangy, with more dark malts, light baking cocoa. Good stout.

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

Cask at the Craft Beer Co Clerkenwell, 13/04/13. Mid black with a thin tan head that clears to a film. Nose is light roast malt, paper, toffee. Taste comprises dark malts, molasses, treacle toffee, hint of tea bags. Medium bodied with fine carbonation, dry finish. Ok stout - not too exciting though!

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

12th October 2007
Warning! Early amateur rating! Thinnish palate. Bitterish start and a smoky finish. Not much inbetween. Not fond of bitter/smoke combinations. 2.4

2nd February 2011
Opaque black stout, tidy tan head. Smooth and semi dry palate. Tangy dark malts with a little roast and a pronounced fruity tang. Bitter and roasty finish. Really quite fruity but the late bitterness is a bit much.

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

Cask @ GBBF 2009. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate and coffee aroma. Roasted malty chocolate and coffee flavor with some smoky hints. Has a roasted malty chocolate and smoke finish.

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

Cask @ GBBF 09, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.
Clear dark brown color with a small, fizzy, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, smoke - ash. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090804] --- Beer aliased from original tick of Redoubt Stout on 28 Nov 2009 at 02:13 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7. Original review text: Cask @ GBBF 09, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.Clear dark brown color with a small, fizzy, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, smoke - ash. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090804]