Cask (gravity) @ The 18th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2012, Reading, Berkshire England. [ As my rating # 7000 of beers from England on ratebeer ]. Clear dark red brown colour with a average, open and frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, chocolate, roasted, dark chocolate. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, roasted, dark roasted, light chocolate, salty notes, ash notes, and the nthere is something - i can not put a word one but ?? Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120505]

Cask@Reading Beer Festival 2012. Deep ambery black colour, small brown head. Aroma is chocolate, mild wood, resin and some nuttyness. Flavouris dark fruits, some roasted notes as well as mild chocolate and wood.

Cask-conditioned at the Seven Stars, Bristol 2/5/2012. Near black with a decent, off-white head. Plain chocolate with a touch of dark fruit sweetness, leading to a gently bitter finish. Good.

deep red brown ... thin lacing ..soft dark coffee roast nose... thin body ... light roast ... soft coffee roast ... light malt ... light odd hint of orange

Cask at the Hope, Carshalton. It pours very, very dark brown, with a thick beige head. The nose is roasted malt, charcoal, smoke and a hint of sulphur. The taste is roasted malt, charcoal, smoke, leather, coffee and liquorice, with a long dry-roasted finish. Medium body and soft carbonation. Good balance. A solid mild.