Rocky tan head on a dark brown still body. Smoked, medicinal & malt aroma. Medium bodied, smooth on the tongue thinning out to a limp back. Malt & smokey tastes quickly subside to leave white wine, sour & pithy tastes. Something wrong here surely - All mixed up.

440ml can from Trembling Madness. Black with a thin off white head. Smoky, wood aroma. Flavour is roasted malt, vanilla and some of that wood smoke

Can from the brewery online shop. Pours black with a thin beige head. Aromas of toffee, smoke and chocolate. Sweet taste, smoke and dark chocolate. Sweet, if a tad thin, on the finish.

Black beer, thin beige head that soon thins out. Malty aroma with a hefty smokey sweetness to it. Taste follows suit, smokey-sweet up front, toasty malt, a bit of chocolate. It's smooth and feels rich initially but there's a slightly disappointing watery quality. It's decent but I'd have liked it a little richer and for the flavour to follow through a bit more fully.

Cask at ORB, Darlington. Black colour, tan foam head and aroma of roasty malt, smokey, coffee & chocolate. Taste is sweetish, malty, roasted, smoked with caramel, lactose, dark chocolate & coffee, and ashy bitterness. Smooth mouthfeel, medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi-dry roasty smokey bitter finish. Nicely drinkable

Cask-conditioned at the Gryphon, Bristol 10/3/2017. Dark brown in colour, with a thin, beige, head. Milk chocolate, some caramel, toasty malts and a touch of dark fruits, before a whiff of smoke in the finish. Good.

Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2015, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Brass Castle Burnout ].Clear dark brown color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, caramel, smoke, meat. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration, dark malt, smoked, meat. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20150812] 5-2-6-3-11 Cask (handpump) @ NWAF 2015, National Winter Ales Festival (2015), The Roundhouse, Pride Park, Derby, Derbyshire, England, DE24 8JE. [ As Brass Castle Burnout ].Clear dark brown color with a small to average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, chocolate, oyster - sea salty, light smoke. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, sod, smoke, oyster - sea salt water, chocolate, dark malt, sweet malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20150212] 6-3-6-3-12

Cask @ GBBF 2015. Pours a black color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty smoky chocolate and caramel aroma. roasted malty smoky caramel flavor. Has a roasted malty smoky caramel finish.

Cask @ Fox & Goose, Hebden Bridge. Black with a thin creamy off-white head. Potent in its mix of sweetened dark and roasted malts. Fairly smooth in its texture, it’s a little more stated in its roasted variety in taste, with a lingering aftertaste.

Cask at the bow bar. Pours black, nose is smoky, toffee, caramel, taste is rich, light fruit, toffee , light smoke.