8

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

Bottle. Color: Black, light brown head. Aroma: Coffee, roasted mal, liquorice. Taste: Vanilla, roasted malt, ash, coffee, earthy, some dark chocolate. Hoppy backbone. Over medium body, below average carbonation. Dense, creamy mouthfeel. Moderate to over moderate sweet and bitter. Very nice English Imperial Stout.

8.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

33cl bottle, courtesy of SarkyNorthener, pours with a nice deep dark chocolate colored body that supports a thin tan head of foam. The aroma offers up chocolate heading quickly to milk chocolate and then thin ribbons of dark roasted malts and spicy black licorice. The taste delivers a pleasing blend of dark chocolate, dark roasted malts and some softer milk chocolate. To midway it picks up a wafer thin layer of sweet dark fruity esters and a bit of spicy black licorice. This is smooth with the right amount of depth and richness. Solid offering.

6.4

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

330ml bottle from, I believe, Appleyard's. Pitch black pour, no head or lacing but possesses a good malt depth, nice chocolatey side.. pretty decent overall

7.9

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

Bottle thanks to cgarvieuk. Appearance - initial gusher, then opaque mat black. Thin fawn head. Nose - dark chocolate, light coffee, some smoke and berries. Taste - creamy dark chocolate, toffee. Ferrero Roche. Palate - medium bodied with a creamy texture. Very light roasty edge. Overall - very nice.

7.6

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

Bottle at ash's, gusher. Pours deep brown, nose is chocolate, dark fruits, some liquorice, taste is chocolate, liquorice, fruity. Could see myself spending £40 on this.

8

Bottle at ashs... Dark black... Thinest tan head... Dark sweet chocolate roast.. Juicy sweet chocolate nose... Oddly little flat as it gushed a little... Big sweet chocolate roast malts nose.. Soft sweet caramel toffee malts

8

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

Bottle thanks to cgarvieuk. Gusher! Pours dark brown with a thin tan head. Aromas of toffee and chocolate. Taste is ferrero rocher. Nicely balanced finish.

7

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

Draft at the Crafty Taproom, Marlow. Poured almost black in colour with a thin broken light tan head. The aroma is roasted malt, liqourice. The flavour is moderate sweet and liqourice bitter, with a smooth, rich, slightly oily, roasty, caramel, coffee, light chocolate, light boozy, liqourice bitter palate. Over medium bodied with soft carbonation.