8.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle shared at the high Wycombe fancy pants tasting. 01/08/2025. Many thanks team. A thick chewy dark brown black coloured pour with a whisp of dark tan head. Aroma is medium sweet, toasted cinnamon, brown sugars, cinnamon toast, brown sugars, some wet dog. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, oily, dark raspberry, dark chocolate, cinnamon bun, toasted coconut, light tang. Palate is medium sweet oily, moderate carbonation. Really nice. Mellow cinnamon.

8.3

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

Bottle at the 270 tasting, at the Mount, 01/08/2025.
Lighter shade of black with a tan head that soon vanishes.
Nose is nutty, mellow roast, chocolate, cinnamon dusting, cacao nibs, brown sugar melt.
Taste comprises hazelnut, fruit cake, spice, brown sugars, spice, toffee, figs.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost.
Tidy sipper with a good bitter sweet balance.

8.1

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

1st August 2025
ADTWD team tasting in sunny Halzlemere. Pretty much an opaque dark brown beer, a few tan bubbles never form a head. Smooth and viscous, decent fine carbonation for the style. Super rich dark chocolate malts, some ice cream van chocolate syrup. Vanilla lightens and produces modest mild chocolate around the mid. The cinnamon is mercifully light. A backdrop of nuts, always there, never dominant. Fairly light and semi dry finish. Good stuff.

8.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

7.4

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

Roast, caramel. Pours black with mocha head and lacing. Finishes quite bitter, with a little tang. Bourbon, cinnamon and hazelnut are dialed back, relatively speaking for Cycle. I don't mind this variant. Tap at Snally.

7

A deep dark stout with a very thin mocha head. In aroma, sweet fruity chocolate malt with dark fruits, loads of nuts, alcohol warmth, vanilla, very nice. In mouth, a nice sweet fruity chocolate malt with dark fruits, light buttery notes, light nutty notes, alcohol warmth, very nice. On tap at ChurchKey.

7.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at the brewery. Pours black. Cinnamon, nutty, walnut, chocolate, cherry juice, red wine, bourbon, little sharp. Medium body. Decent.

8.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

On tap at Cycle, pours black with almost no head. Nose exudes huge amounts of toasted hazelnuts upfront, accentuated by rich bourbon barrel presence, and only a tiny hint of the cinnamon. Flavour is incredible rich, with big toasted hazelnuts, light cinnamon, dark dried fruits, and wrapped in rich bourbon. Decadent and powerful, but every ring is cohesive and wonderfully refined. Lovely.