Cask (gravity) @ [ London Craft Beer Festival 2014 ] @ Oval Space, 29-32 The Oval, London, Greater London, England, E2 9DT. [ As Kirkstall Drop Hammer ].Clear dark black brown color with a small to average, open and fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, berry - wood. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, sharp, burnt, soy sauce, chocolate, roasted. Body is medium to full, texture is oily - creamy, carbonation is flat, finish feel is moderate alcoholic. [20140817]

Cask @ London Craft Beer Festival 2014. Pours a black color with a small tan head. Has a roasted malty chocolate and licorice aroma. Roasted malty chocolate and licorice flavor. Has a roasted malty chocolate and licorice finish.

Cask at Leeds Int. BF. Nearly black. Tight, thin, pale brown head. Lots of roast coffee. Chocolate. Dark, roast malt. Some tar in there. Lovely big, thick, tasty beer that I ended up rushing to go catch a train. Would love to try again, and take time over it.

Cask - Dark roast and some bitter chocolate. Jet black with a nice brown head. Bittersweet chocolate and a long roasty bitter finish.

Cask at CPK - London. Pours oily black with a foamy brown head. Heavy burnt earth on the nose, some chocolate cake, baking cocoa, burnt wood. Medium to big sweet flavor with some oily chocolate sauce, torched wood, mild earthy bitterness, cherry liqueur, dried berries. Medium bodied with very fine carbonation. Impressively little alcohol presence to finish, lots of rih chocolate character, bittersweet cocoa, brownies, modest scorched earth. Very good and quite drinkable for the ABV.