Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Handpull cask at the Kingston Arms, Cambridge. Dark brown with only a suggestion of translucency. Full of natural carbonation. A thin, tight beige head. Coffee, liquorice and slight metallic scent. Not much smoke... in fact not any in the aroma. Sweet taste and... yep, there’s a bit of smoke. Sweet with a bitter/sour hop balance in the long finish, underlaid by a gentle smoky note. Seawater, peanut and chocolate in the aftertaste. Very nice.

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

Cask (gravity) @ NWAF 2016, National Winter Ales Festival (2016), The Roundhouse, Pride Park, Derby, Derbyshire, England, DE24 8JE. [ As Hop Monster Rochford Banshee ].Clear dark brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, smoke, plastic. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration, sweet malt, smoked, plastic, yeast - UK yeast - belgium yeast. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20160219]

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

Cask at the 2016 NWAF, The Roundhouse, Derby. Dark brown pour with a beige head. Chocolate and licorice toffee aroma. Licorice and chocolate flavour. Not bad.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

17th February 2016
Chelmsford Winter Beer Festival at KEGS. Cask. Clear deep brown beer, small bubbly pale tan head. Palate is light, semi dry and finely crisp. Light caramel malts, not that sweet. Ripe fruits and bruised fruits. Little floral bitterness. Smoke? Not much of it! Light and fairly dry finish. Fine.

Brilliant porter. Leather, licorice, grains, velvet. Maldon sea salt, chocolate, prunes and figs. Super soft malts.