7

Smooth chocolate. Enjoyable

7.8

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

30/10/2025. Cask at Norwich Beer Festival (Castle Social). Good pour. Aroma is sweet milky chocolate, buttermilk, vanilla, coffee, roasted malt. Not too sweet. Moderate roasted bitterness. Ashy edge. Soft and smooth. Very drinkable.

7.5

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

cask at Nottingham beer festival 2025 Wednesday ...deep brown black ...thin tan lacing ...soft sweet dusty chocolate roast malts nose ..dark soft sweet woody dusty chocolate roast malts

7.2

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

Cask at the Brunswick Inn, Derby crawl, 11/02/22. Black with a good sized lasting tan cap. Nose is dark malts, chocolate, light spice, dried fruits rinds, liqourice. Taste comprises baking powder, roast malts, charr, milk chocolate biscuit, raisins. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close. Solid cask stout.

7.4

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

Cask at the brunswick flyer. A dark mahogany brown coloured pour with a loose light tan head. Aroma is meaty roast, liquorice, charred wood,. Flavour is composed of semi sweet. Lactose sweetness, black liquorice, meaty roast, blackened sugars. Palate is semi sweet, rounded,ellow carbonation.

7.4

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

Cask: Poured a dark brown almost black with a off white to beige head. Aroma is rich malty, chocolate, semi-sweet. Taste is rich malty, roast, milk chocolate, smooth.

7.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at Brunswick, Derby. Pours a very dark reddish brown with minimal off-white head. Nose has some roasted malts discernable, but not much else. Sweet and milky in the mouth. Vanilla is the first flavour to hit, but others follow. Roasted malts, olde English spangles and some hints of liquorice. Finish is quite dry and bitter. Delicate, but rather nice and hides its strength well.

6.5

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Handpull cask at the Blue Boar, Leicester. Very dark brown,mostly opaque with a loose beige/khaki head. Big chocolate and coffee notes in the aroma. Sweet taste with a harsh vegetal character which really. Ruins what may have been an otherwise good beer (shame as it is fresh on as well). Thick body with soft carbonation. Still drinkable but passable as opposed to excellent.

6.4

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

Bottle – Pours a clear dark brown-black colour with an average sized, mostly lasting, frothy beige head. Aroma is roasted malts and chocolate. A sweetish taste, creamy chocolate, and light roasted malty flavours with a mellow bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation.