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

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

Cask at the Alexander Graham Bell. Pours clear dark brown with a thin beige head. Aromas of light blackcurrant and toffee. Taste adds some roast. Decent and drinkable.

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

Cask ale at Barrel Vault, half pint shared with Finn. Wetherspoon Beer Festival, March 24. Nice in the glass with its rustic black body, fawn-coloured head, and scattered lacing. Lightly roasted grainy malt on the nose, mid-sweet. Prominent caramel flavours with a backdrop of coffee. Slightly roasted ending, mid-sweet. Nice. (London, 16.03.2024).

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

Cask @ Regal Moon, Rochdale. Very dark with a creamy head. Light but healthy porter character.

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

Delt med Rune. Svart. Mokkafarget skumring. Aroma av lakris & sjokolade. Smaken lett krydret. Kanel? Tørr, lett bitter avslutning.

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

13th March 2024
Cask at the Shakespeare's Head Spoons. Almost clear but very dark brown reddish beer, good tan head. Airy smooth palate, reasonable fine carbonation. Mellow dark malts, quite pleasant, a light earthyness with mellow dark malt cream. Vague chocolate, candyish, lingers in the background. Bramling Cross bring their blackberry loveliness on the back end. All comes together rather well into a mild but tasty and quaffable affair. Much better than I would have expected.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at Square Peg, Birmingham. Pours almost black with minimal tan head and good lacing. The aroma is an enticing mix of raosted malts and oats. Roasted malts again to the more in the mouth which good helpings too of chocolate, carmae and toffee and hints of ash. Slightly bitter and perhaps a bit watery with a slightly spicy finish. This is a decent well balanced beer that is a pleasure to drink.

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

[Cask at the Hope Tap (JDW), Reading.] A glossy black pour with a thin beige head and a purple gleam; aroma of malt and licorice; soft oaty body with a blackcurrant taste; and a dry finish.

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

Deep brown, near balc, with a tinge of red and a frothy tan head. Aroma hints at roasted malt and maybe some vanilla. Light to medium bodied, sweet and malty/fruity, with some chocolate notes and a dry finish with just a hint of bitterness

Too good to be a Greene King beer