6.6

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

Cask at Kelham Island Tavern, Sheffield - Deep reddish black, tan lacer. Roasted coffee and malts, some dark chocolate, more toasted bitterness to finish. Pretty good.

30/04/2015. CROWN INN, 154 Heaton Lane, STOCKPORT, Greater Manchester, England (FREE HOUSE)

6.5

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

Cask @ The Pheasant, Wellington, Shropshire. Pours dark with well-appointed tan foam. Aroma has liquorice, salt, roast. Taste presents liquorice, salt, roast with a dry bitterness. Quite flavoursome but the salt / liquorice aspects are a touch too rich for me.

6.8

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

27th April 2019; gravity poured cask half-pint in the Sawley Junction Micro Pub by Long Eaton railway station. A tanned foam topping sat on a black body. Malty little number with ground coffee being the aroma and taste, mostly. Some dark chocolate notes also in both the nose and fairly dry flavour.

7

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

Cask-conditioned at the Cornubia, Bristol 8/4/2016. Near black in colour, with a frothy, off-white, head. Aroma of chocolate, berry fruits and toasted malts. Flavour had more chocolate, some lactose sweetness, rich and roasted malts, leading to a dryish finish with a slight tangy edge. An enjoyable stout.

6.6

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

Cask @ Calans, Hebden Bridge. Extremely dark with a small creamy off-white head. Light tasting stout, with a gentle sweetness rather than any obvious roasted malts. It has a very palatable texture.

6.8

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

Cask at the Rutland Arms, Sheffield. Poured a clear dark brown with a thin broken off white head. The aroma is light dry ash tray malt. The flavour is moderate to light roasty malt bitter with a light dry, watery, liqourice bitter palate. Light to medium bodied with soft carbonation.

6.6

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

Cask at the Rutland Arms, Steel City, 20/05/16. Black with a decent tan head. Nose is light roast, charr, cocoa powder, toffee. Taste comprises light spice, chocolate malt, light charring, dark fruit whisper, tar. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Decent enough stout.

6.5

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

Cask (handpump) @ Salmon, 19 Butt Close Lane, Leicester, Leicestershire, England LE1 4QA. [ As Blue Bee Tempest Stout ].Clear dark brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, bread, roasted, dark malt. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and light bitter with a long duration, bread, roasted, dark malt, sugary dark malt - roasted. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20160221]