7

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

Cast at the Wellington, Birmingham: Very dark brown coloured brew with an good taste of roasted malts, chocolate and caramel and good dry long bitter finish.

7

Excellent roast flavor

6.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

1/2/2019. Cask at the XT Brewing tap takeover at the New Inn, Colchester. As XT 8 Porter (Summit, Brambling Cross), same abv looks to be a rebadge of this. Pours mid to dark brown with a small off-white head. Aroma of malt, chocolate, hops and dark fruit with moderate roasting. Moderate sweetness and moderate roasted bitterness, and body. Oily texture, very soft carbonation. It's not really a brown ale but then it's a slight stretch to call it a porter too.

6.5

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

Cask @Queen’s Head, Londres 03/08/18
Color negro corona de espuma blanca, aromas torrefactos, notas a regaliz, sabor regaliz, maltoso, cuerpo ligero.

5.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Can @ Brewery Shop Emporium, High Wycombe. Clear dark brown with an off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and bready. Flavor is medium sweet and light bitter. Sweet finish. 170218

5.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle @ Brewery Shop Emporium, High Wycombe. Nice head with good duration. Color is dark brown. Aroma and taste are caramel, fruits, nuts, malt and hops. Sweet bready finish.

7.6

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

Bottle from brewer's own stall at the Thame Food Festival. Brown with a thin tan head and a middling fizz. Chocolate and brown sugar with a touch of smoke and some oaky vanilla. There's a little red wine and some dry leaves. It's on the sweet side with just enough dryness and bitterness to balance it leaving a lasting roastiness in finish. Really good stuff, oddly far better than the barrel-aged version I'd tried previously.

6.5

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

Cask (gravity) @ NWAF 2015, National Winter Ales Festival (2015), The Roundhouse, Pride Park, Derby, Derbyshire, England, DE24 8JE. [ As XT 8 Dark Roast ].Clear dark brown color with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, dark malt. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a long duration, roasted, chocolate, sweet malt, dark malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20150213] 6-3-7-3-14

6.9

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

Cask at Milton Keynes Beer Festival; hazy dark brown pour with a bubbly light tan head, aroma has raisins, taste has dark fruits, stewed fruits.