10/06/2014. BAUM, 35 Toad Lane, ROCHDALE, Greater Manchester, England (FREE HOUSE)

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Cask at Shrewsbury Arms, Stafford. Pours a very dark reddish drown with a small foamy cream head and good lacing. Roasted malts and dark fruits are the mainstays of a decent aroma. Plenty of activity in the mouth too. The texture is sweet and creamy with a slight smoky edge to it. Flavours of autumn cruits and chocolate with some hints of salt, and spices emerging later on. Finish is slightly dry and fruity. This is an excellent dry stout with plenty of character.

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

Cask at the Stockbridge tap. Pours deep ruby, nose is toffee, roasted, chocolate, liquorice, taste is sweet toffee, liquorice, light chocolate.

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

Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2014, Great British Beer Festival, London Olympia, Hammersmith Road, London, England W14 8UX. [ As Millstone Stout ].Clear dark brown color with a average, frothy - creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, earthy notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average duration, chocolate, roasted, earthy notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20140813]

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cask ale shared with ManVsBeer at Fighting Cock. Nitro creamy, fawn-coloured head. Deep dark-orange coloured body. Slightly smoked aroma, hints of dark malts and molasses. Flavoured with earthy malts, dried fruits and a touch of smoke. Rounded dry malty-fruity end. Medium bodied. Quite tasty (Bradford 08.07.2015).

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

From cask. Pours dark brown with a deep amber glare and a small tan head. Aroma is roasted malty. Bitter, herbal and roasted malty. Dry, bitter and slight herbal finish. Dry and roasted finish.

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

On cask at the Stockbridge Tap. Appearance - close to opaque black but with some red chinks. . Nose - chocolate and toffee with a nuttiness too. Taste - all of the nose redelivered on the taste. There’s a creamy backdrop too. Palate - close to medium bodied with a creamy texture and a long elegant finish. Overall - a lovely stout. Not sure it’s dry though.

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 5

Cask at GBBF ’14, day 5, 16/08/14. Black with a good sized light tan covering that retains well. Nose is light roast, on the thin side, papery, faint cocoa powder. Taste comprises dark fruit notes, liqourice, light chocolate, brown bread. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, roasted notes in the close. Pretty average fayre, looked and felt good but lacked at the business end.

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

Sampled @ GBBF day 2. Very dark brown to black color, decent sized off-white head. Smell and taste malts, earthy, lightly ash, dark malts, slightly roast. Average body and carbonation. Hmm pretty average.