Cask (gravity) @ The 18th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2012, Reading, Berkshire England.Clear dark black brown colour with a small to average, frothy and open, good to fair lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, dark chocolate. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and light to moderte acidic with a long to average duration, sour malt, ashtray, chimney. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120505]

Cask@Reading Beer Festival 2012. More or less pitch black colour with a small beigeish brown head. Aroma is chocolate, toffee, caramel, mild sour wooden notes. Flavour is mild ashes, berries, some wood, ripe fruits and mild sour wooden notes. A bit sour (infected?), but still not hopelessly gone.