7

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

Cask at the Queens Head, Stourbridge. Pours very dark brown with a small head. Aroma is roast, liquorice and dark berries. Taste has dark fruity malt and Ribena, mild esq.

6.4

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

Gravity cask at the 28th St Albans Beer Festival, 26/09/25.
Lighter shade of black topped with a khaki cap that thins to the edge.
Nose is mellow fruits, roasted tones, toffee.
Taste comprises cocoa powder, charr, roasted tones, light spice.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close.
Okay stout.

5.4

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

5.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

22/8/2025. Cask at the 33rd East Anglian Beer & Cider Festival, Bury St Edmunds.

6.4

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

Cask at Hops, Crewe. Pours a dark reddish-brown with a small cream head and good lacing. Not much of an aroma, just vague hints of roasted malts and liquorice. In the mouth it is quite sweet with a creamy texture with malts and spices to the fore. Hints of rye and dark fruits with traces of treacle and chocolate coming later. Some bitterness in the finish. This is reasonable if somewhat rough and ready.

5.2

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

6.9

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

Cask handpull at The County Hotel JDW Ashford Black beer lasting tan head. S9me chocolate some newspaper dustiness. Yep good condition good flavours. Some dryness on the finish. Some dark fruits. Yep worth a 2nd pint.