7

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

Cask. Black beer with a brown head. Chocolate and roast aroma. Chocolate and caramel flavor with light roast. Medium bodied. Chocolate and caramel linger with light roast.

7.3

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

On tap at Nelson Arms Tonbridge. Black beer thin head. Some chocolate some coffee some toffee flavour. Bit fizzy. It's got chocolate and a bit of hop
Some bitterness
. Some cocoa ok decent stout

7.5

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

7.4

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

8.1

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

Gravity cask at Pig’s Ear 2024 - Hackney. Pours black with a bubbly, tan head. Light sweet flavour with rich ashy roast, baking cocoa, tar, scorched earth. Light bodied with fine carbonation; good condition. Bittersweet finish, more toothy roast, drying ashy notes, dark chocolate. Excellent.

8

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

On tap at The Rusty Bucket, Eltham. Black pour with a beige head. Nose is coffee, dark chocolate, cocoa, smoke. Smoky malty taste of coffee, dark chocolate, more chocolate. Malty sweet with a light smoky edge. Nice.

6.8

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

Cask at the Brew Tavern Nottingham. Black colour with a pLe head. Roasted malty. Smooth. Nice stout.