15/04/2016. THIRTY NINE STEPS ALEHOUSE, 11-13 Charlotte Street, BROADSTAIRS, Kent, England

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

500ml bottle: BBE March 2023. Drank at home on 26th May 2022. My first beer from these guys. Tanned head on a near black body. Chocolate lead in both the nose and taste, coffee traces also in this malty brew. Decent!

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

Cask at Shrewsbury Arms, Stafford. Pours almost black with a small foamy cream head. There’s a pleasant aroma of roast malts and chocolate with hints of molasses. Very smooth in the mouth, with malts and chocolate again to the fore. Plenty of dark fruits too, plus traces of nuts, toffee and ash. Surprisingly the finish is quite bitter. A very welcome contrast from my previous beer.

Bottle from The Farm Shop, M5 Gloucester Services. Pours black with a fast dissipating beige head. Aromas of roasted malts, chocolate, caramel, ash and nuts. Taste has more of the same notes again, ashy with milk chocolate and coffee. Medium body with low carbonation and a very smooth mouthfeel. Nice one.

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

Bottle sample a tasting at troubles' place. Thanks troubles. Black. Oxidation, roast, chocolate, a bit of dark fruits, sweetish and bitter, slightly ashy.

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

Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2017, [ Great British Beer Festival 2017 ], London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX.[ As Bespoke Money For Old Rope ].Clear dark brown colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy and open, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, burnt, dark malt. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, roasted, dark malt, sweet dark malt, roasted - chocolate. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20170809] 6-3-7-3-13 Cask (handpump) @ The Cornubia, 142 Temple Street, Gloucestershire, BS1 6EN Bristol, England..[ As Bespoke Money For Old Rope ].Clear dark brown colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, burnt, sour, berries, light smoked. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a long duration, smoke, roasted, chocolate, dark malt, berries - fruity. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20170807] 5-2-6-3-10

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

Cask at the GBBF 2017. Day 2. 09/08/2017. An oily dark black brown coloured pour with a halo of tan head . Aroma is oily chocolate, coconut, blackberry, tangy black choc,. Palate is oily, chocolate, moderate carbonation. Flavour is composed of of earthy choc, oily, tangy blackberry.. Good.

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

Cask. A black beer with a small tan head. Aroma of sweet roasted malt, coffee and chocolate. Taste of roasted bitter malt, coffee and chocolate. Nice!

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

Cask @ Bull Baiters Inn, Worcester. Nice head with good duration. Color is black. Aroma and taste are roast malt, chocolate, licorice, light smoke, caramel and hops.