8.3

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

Can at home. Pours black, nose is chocolate, coffee, meaty, coconut, taste is sweet toffee, chocolate, coconut, little thin. 9/9/8/7/8

8.4

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

330ml can. Pitch black with a thin brown head that disappears immediately. Aroma of coconut, coffee, chocolate. Taste is very rich, loads of coconut, coffee, chocolate, caramel, sugar, sweet but has a roasty bitterness, boozy warmth. Full bodied and smooth. Another superb stout from Emperor Damian.

7.6

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

7.8

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

330ml can from Left Field Beer, Solihull. Poured almost black in colour, with a short-lived, fizzy tan head. The aroma is roasted malt, coconut, caramel. The flavour is over moderate sweet, with a silky smooth, rich, oily, roasty, coconut, chocolate, light coffee, boozy liquorice bitter palate. Full bodied with average initial carbonation.

8.6

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

Can from the strait and narrow at home. Jet black and dark head. Coffee chocolate and malty. Rich smooth body. Wow.