Bottle from Cotteridge Wines; opaque dark brown pour with a big creamy light tan head, aroma has dark fruits, hints of pine and chocolate, taste has liquorice, pine, dark malts, some char, bitter chocolate.

Cask (gravity) @ NWAF 2016, National Winter Ales Festival (2016), The Roundhouse, Pride Park, Derby, Derbyshire, England, DE24 8JE. [ As Torrside Late to the Party ].Clear dark brown color with a average to large, open and frothy - fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to light beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, dark malt, moderate to heavy hoppy, citrus, grapefruit, pine - wood. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, pine, malty, dark malt, roasted, medium dry. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20160217]

Keg at the Rake. It pours black with a small beige head. The aroma is fresh, sweet florals, parma violets!, candied rose petals, bubble gum nd roasted malts. The taste is crisp, bitter, roasted malts, floral notes, bright parma violets character, peppery spice and charred wood with a lingering dry - roasted finish. Medium body and moderate, prickly carbonation. A good floral cda.

Cask at NWAF, Derby, Wednesday 17th February 2016 Black as yer at’, with a lovely off white creamy head. A lilting hoppiness on the nose, creamy but also malt and hoppy. There is a pleasant little stinginess/hoppy prickle across the tongue, this is another very nice beer from Torrside, mmhhh...beginning to think I should of got a Keykeg for Merton Beer Festival now. A7 A4 T8 P4 Ov14 3.8