7.3

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle on The Weardale Explorer - 813, thanks to the Nigel, 05/04/2025.
Black with a lasting khaki head.
Nose is chocolate, coffee bean, dark malts, light spice.
Taste comprises chocolate, mellow espresso, brown sugar dusting, dark malts.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close.
Tidy pastry affair.

7.4

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

7.5

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Dark black pour with a lasting white/tan head. Aromas of malt/grain, coffee, lactose/milk, vanilla. Taste is similar with the vanilla notes a bit stronger. Very nice.

7

Coffee, creamy, slightly sweet

Exactly as advertised

6.8

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

440ml can - Pours black with an average sized frothy beige head. The aroma is cocoa powder, caramel and chocolate with some coffee notes. A sweetish taste, sweetened milk coffee, chocolate, caramel and lactose flavours with a sweetish roasted finish.

7.4

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

Can from Eltham Sainsburys. Black pour with a beige head. Nose is dark chocolate, coffee, caramel, cocoa. Taste is cocoa, sweet coffee, raisin, brown sugar. Malty sweet affair, solid supermarket brew.

7.4

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Black beer, thick frothy head. Light coffee aroma. Flavour has the coffee, as you'd expect. Cream6, a bit of lactose. A but of chocolate but the coffee is the start of this smooth, tasty stout.

7.6

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

(Can) Pours black with tan head. Nice aroma of coffee and roasted grains. Lovely mouthfeel - medium body with plenty of soft smooth carbonation. Great taste too. Rich and well balanced. There’s dark roast grains and bitterness combined with coffee and some milky sweetness. Really good.

6

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

Nose is coffee, lactose. Taste is coffee, vanilla, lactose, very sweet, licorice, leading to a slight coffee bitterness in the finish. Rich mouthfeel. A bit nothing.