7

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

Keg at Ealing Beer Fest 25. Dark but slightly muddy in appearance. Foamy beige head. Aroma combines tang fruit and coffee. Underlying creaminess. Initial creamy.coffee with a berry edge. Develops a bitter espresso bite. Latterly develops malts. Medium bodied. Slick. Average carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Nice.

6.6

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

Gravity cask at the 34th Ealing Beer Festival 2025, day one, 09/07/2025.
Black topped with a khaki head.
Nose is chocolate biscuit, roast malts, dark fruit rinds.
Taste comprises toasted brown sugars, cocoa powder, dried fruit rinds, toffee.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close.
Okay drop.

7.2

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7

24-27/10/2023. From cask at the 45th Norwich Beer Festival. Pours close to black with a small bubbly beige head. Good pour. Aroma is chocolate, malt, dark fruits, berries, aniseed, cinnamon, hint of coffee, spicy edge. Moderate sweetness, medium roasted bitterness, touch tart. Medium body, oily, light fizz. Fading spicy finish. Enjoyable.

16/01/2016. DARTFORD WORKING MENS CLUB, Essex Road, DARTFORD, Kent, England

6.1

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

Tried at the Derby Winter Beer Festival 2020. Deep amber colour with a thin head. Aroma and taste are sweet malty. Smooth and slightly fruity.

6

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

Cask (gravity) @ 31th Pigs Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2014, at The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, England. [ As Caveman Cavedweller ].Clear dark black brown color with a small to average, open and frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, soy sauce, light burnt. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, burnt, soy sauce, roasted, dark roasted. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20141206] 6-3-6-3-12

6

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

Cask at The Rake, London. Dark ruby-brown color, small beige head. Aroma has chocolate, overriped banana and ash. Light-bodied. Raisins, chocolate, earthy hops. Sweetish finish with short bitterness in the aftertaste. Ok.

7

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

500ml bottle. Quasi black colour with average to huge, thick, creamy, fairly lasting, moderately lacing, beige head. Roasty dark malty aroma with butterscotch, toffee and vanilla interludes, hints of white coffee. Taste is dry, roasty dark malty, hints of caramel, a touch of toffee, fruity hoppy overtones with red berry touch; slightly prickling carbonation.

7

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

Festival der Bierkulturen. Sehr dunkel braune Farbe, mittelgroße beige Schaumkrone. Geruch leicht röstmalzig, Karamell, rote Früchte süß röstmalzig, Vanille, Karamell, nett.

7.1

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

Cask at the Taproom Beer Festival, 2016, Woolwich. Black pour with a beige head. Chocolate, licorice and vanilla aroma. Vanilla, chocolate and coffee flavour. Very smooth. Good stuff.