7.3

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

Pilegrimsleden går alltid via The Rake i Borough Market, som bare var en "greasy spoon" når vi bodde der. Fra cask: brunsvart med fint skum som varer. Nydelig aroma og enda bedre smak med mørke 70%-sjokolader, nybrent kaffe, vanilje og hint av kanel. Lekker og særdeles imponerende for en øl med relativt lav voltstyrke.

7.5

Some sweetness and chocolate.

7.5

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

cask at Nottingham beer festival 2025 Thursday ...dark black ..thin tan lacing ..soft sweet earthy chocolate roast malts nose ..dark sweet chocolate roast malts ..dusty chocolate malts

7.5

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

On cask at Beer House, Hillsborough - Black with a beige top. Lots of hefty roasted chocolate notes, slightly sweetened by a vanilla bean, burnt toast and black coffee finish. Solid.

7.5

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

27/1/2023. Cask at the 14th Colchester Winter Ale Festival. Pours clear almost black with a small bubbly beige head. Good looking beer. Aroma of vanilla, caramel, butterscotch, chocolate, coffee. Quite sweet, light bitterness. Medium body, smooth, soft carbonation. Nicely done.

6.9

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cask @ Beatnikz Republic Bar, Manchester. Black with a thick creamy off-white head. Smoothish with understated roasted malts, hints of chocolate, which makes it flavoursome enough, although expected better in this department.

6

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

On cask at The Made Inn Ashford. Black beer lasting tan head. A little liquorice. Some cocoa some chocolate light coffee. OK. Decent chocolate porter. Could be in better condition

6.5

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

Cask at Flowerpot, Derby Not sure if the Madagascan is supposed to refer to coffee or vanilla, but there are both of them in the aroma ! Pours almost completely black with a small beige head. Creamy texture in the mouth, and flavour is again dominated by coffee and vanilla with touches of molasses and liquorice. Milky coffee in the finish. Nice enough but not particularly memorable.

7.4

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

On cask at the Stockbridge Tap. Appearance - opaque black with a lovely fawn head. Nose - molasses and light roast. Maybe smoke. Taste - smoke this time for sure. Molasses again going into a charcoal liquorice thing. Palate - medium bodied and dry middle and finish. Great length. Overall - has elements of dey stout.