01/01/2017. JOHN O'GAUNT, 21 Bridge Street, HUNGERFORD, Berkshire, England

6.4

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

Cask at PoW Beer Festival. Molasses infused coffee aroma. Murky darkest brown. Creamy frothing beige head soon recedes. Sour berries. Underlying creaminess is really downtubed. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Very thin creamy mouthfeel. Slow average carbonation. Astringent finish. It's fine. Doesn't insulted me

6.4

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

Cask at GBBF 2018. Pours black with a ruby tinge, beige head. Aroma: mild coffee, chocolate, dried fruits. Taste: light sweet & moderate bitter, brown bread, raspberry, dark fruits. Thin body with average carbonation. Fine

6.5

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

Sample@GBBF2018, London, with the Malmö crew - dark brown pour with off-white head. Toasted and sweet malty, some caramel, biscuit, light nutty, dark dried fruits, medium sweet malty into the finish.

7.6

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at Cloisters. Black body with ruby highlights and a tight beige head. Good lacing. Aroma of chocolate, raisins and weak coffee. Flavour of plum, brown bread, raspberry, cola bottle sweets and weak Ribena. Thin body with a watery texture. Soft and subtle - incredibly easy to drink. Would love to see this in bottle more frequently - it would be a regular in my fridge.

6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

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6.5

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

Cask at GBBF '18, day 2, 08/08/18. Extremely dark mahogany brown with a decent beige cap. Nose is brown bread, light cocoa dusting, dried fruits, grains. Taste comprises fruit loaf, faint spice, brown bread, hint of pipe tobacco, light charr. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close. Decent enough mild.

6.2

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

Very dark brown, thin bubbly head. Malty chocolate aroma, taste is clean malty, chocolate and some fruit. A solid, drinkable beer.

6.8

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

0.5 l bottle from 'Britische Biere', bottled in September 2016. Clear, very dark ruby, almost black with a few beige bubbles on top. Sweetish, malty, slightly roasty aroma of lots of chocolate, milk coffee and lactose. Moderately sweet, slightly bitter, quite roasty and a little fruity taste of mainly chocolate, coffee, toasted nuts and traces of dark fruits, followed by a short, moderately bitter, roasty and quite earthy-dry finish. Medium body, slightly effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Deep flavours, not thin or watery at all, great balance. Extremely good for that abv and the style!

6

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

500ml bottle. Quasi black colour with small, thick, creamy, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, beige head. Chocolately, dark malty aroma, dusty, spicy overtones, a touch of mandarine zest. Taste is roasty dark malty, slightly chocolately, mildly bitter hints of orange and mandarine zest; light and watery, super-soft palate.