8

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

26th November 2025
Can. Pretty much a clear very deep amber - brown beer, decent bubbly tan head. Smooth palate, a mild dryness, decent fine carbonation. Rich malts, a little creamy sweetness, dark toffee, not that sweet, some dark honey and a touch of molasses. Smooth ripe fruits and some estery candy fruits on the close. Good depth of flavour for the style and the abv sails on by unnoticed. Nice, Thornbridge rarely let you down and this is no exception. Can't remember the last time I enjoyed a brew of this style so much.

7.8

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

Sample, thanks oh6gdx! Dark brown, small head. Chocolatey nose with coffee and dark bread. Mid sweet with medium to full body and rounded mouthfeel. Dar bread and licorice. Lingering bitter finish.

7.3

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

Can 440ml. @ [ Petalax 🇫🇮 💻👀 Virtual Tasting ] - fonefan & Brugmansia House. [ As Thornbridge / Salt Greenock ) ]. ABV: 8.4%. [20250117]. 7/4/7/4/14

6.4

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

Can, small stable bubbly creamy head, cloudy very deep brown color, caramel, biscuit, toffee, a bit of brown bread light bitterness, quite smooth. Nice and easy to drink, but not too complex.

7

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

Can on the eurostar to Bruxelles for Rich's 50th. A clear amber brown coloured pour with a loose beige head. Aroma is semi sweet, spicy, woody, bark,, chocolate. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, soapy, brown bread, malt loaf, raisin, grass. Palate is semi sweet rounded, airy carbonation. Ok.

7.8

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

Can (from Alko web). Rubyish brown colour with a small beige head. Aroma is honey, some spiciness, raisins, quite sweet biscuity and toffeeish tones too. Flavour is raisins, spiciness, some dried fruits, mild alcohol and some toffee as well as a bit bitterness in the finish. Smooth.

7.5

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

Keg at The Colmore, Brum. Aroma is fruity and boozy. Dark fruits. Candy sugar. Malts. Dark and glossy. Thick foamy beige head. There's a prominent bitter streak alongside burnt caramel, dark fruits and bready malts. Medium bodied. Oily. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry astringent finish. Yum.

7

keg at the Great Exhibition ...deep red brown ...thin tan lacing ...soft sweet caramel ... sweet woody caramel ..toffee malts

8.2

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

440ml can at home. From Alko. Poured dark brown in color. Touch of toffee, nice caramel malts, sweetness, toastedness. Rich. Balanced, excellent Scotch ale.