7.2

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

Rocky off white head left a foam on a reddish brown still body. Toffee, nutty, paint & fruity aroma. Medium to full bodied, foamy leaving a dry clean back. Toffee, roasted, malts, burnt & liquorice tastes with a massively bitter lightly hopped finish. Cracking.

6.9

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

Can 440ml (Alko web)
Ruby colour, small beige head. Raisins, honey and malts in the nose. Medium-bodied. Flavour has raisins, dried fruits, some hops, touch of alcohol and dark maltyness. Ok, right on style.

7.4

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

Can on the Eurostar from St Pancras to Bruxelles Midi, picked up from Thornbridge online, 09/02/24. Mahogany brown with a good sized beige covering. Nose is stewed fruits, herbs, biscuit, toffee, dried fruit rinds. Taste comprises fruit loaf, herb, toffee, brown sugar dusting, biscuit, caramel, honey, kiss of alcohol. Medium plus bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Tidy for the style.

7.2

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

Draft at The Colmore, Birmingham. Poured a murky medium brown colour with a lasting, frothy, off-white head. The aroma is burnt treacle toffee, boozy alcohol. The flavour is moderate sweet, with a smooth, rich, toffee caramel, light red berry fruit, warm, boozy alcohol bitter palate. Medium bodied with average to soft carbonation. Yes, the alcohol dominated but in the nicest possible way!

8.1

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

Can. Beer Central. Clear deep ruby red. Soppy lasting pale beige froth. As Stu says this is a malt bomb. Definitely get why the blurb states honey and raisins. Pretty floral too. Not unlike a toasted teacake thing going on. Taste is sweet mostly with a gentle hop bitterness. Smooth and rich. Touch of warmth. Sweet malt finish. Tasty.

8

440ml can from Thornbridge Brewery Tap - deepest brown body, loaded tan head. Cake fruit and figgy caramel forward, loads of malty dates and big confident mouthfeel. Malt bomb 💣.