Cask (handpump) @ 32th Pigs Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2015, at The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, England. [ As Ascot Anastasia’s Export Stout ].Clear dark brown black color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, burnt, chocolate, dark chocolate, ash, dark malt, wood notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, burnt, dark bitter chocolate, sweet chocolate. Body is medium to full, texture is oily - creamy, carbonation is soft to flat. [20151201] 7-4-8-3-15

4th December 2015
Pigs Ear Day 4. Cask. Opaque black - brown beer, a few pale tan bubbles. Palate is slightly viscous, modest carbonation. Spicy licorice. Tangy dark malts and tangy dark fruits. Smooth semi dry finish. A notably licorice stout, bit tangy.

Gravity cask at Pigs Ear 2015 - London. Pours rich brown with a creamy, tan head. Ashy roast on the nose, baking cocoa, earth, faint rubber. Light to medium sweet flavour, with scorched earth bitterness, hard-edge ashy roast, old leather, a bit more rubbery aspect. Medium bodied with fine carbonation; OK condition. Dry and strongly bitter on the finish, with notes of dry chocolate, rubber, roast and earth. So so. A bit unbalanced.

Cask at Pigs Ear, 2015. Black pour with a beige head. Woodsmoke, coffee, dark chocolate and dark berry aroma. Flavours of chocolate raisin, coffee and smoke. Velvety chocolate mouthfeel. Very tasty.

Gravity dispense at Pigs Ear ’15, 01/12/15. Light black with a decent tan covering. Nose is rich roast, dark fruit tones, malty, tar, liquorice stick. Taste comprises liquorice, charred notes, aniseed, subtle spice, dark malts, burnt toffee. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Decent stout.