Bottle 500ml. @ chriso s Pre-GBBF Shindig 2012.Clear dark brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, chocolate, butter. Flavour is moderate sweet and light bitter with a average to long duration, vanilla, chocolate, butter - toffee notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120804] 6-3-6-3-11 Cask (gravity) @ The 18th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2011, Reading, Berkshire England.Clear dark red brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, chocolate, dusty, light vanilla. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and light bitter with a long to average duration, chocolate, vanilla, cheap vanilla. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120502] 5-3-6-3-11

4th August 2012
ChrisOs Marvellous Pre GBBF Mega Tasting. Clear amber beer, little white head. Light dry palate. Tangy sweet chocolate and vanilla and a fair bit of coffee. Dry finish. Ok.

Cask at the Merchants Inn, Rugby - 16/05/12. Dark brown with a small white head. Roasted notes, dark chocolate and a little vanilla present on the nose. Chocolate and roast malt in the taste, less sign of the vanilla. Lightish bodied, a little to watery. Drinkable.

Bottle at Chris O’s pre-GBBF shindig, 2012. Brown pour with an off-white head. Aromas of chocolate ice cream and toffee. Caramel, chocolate and toffee flavour. Ok.

Bottle at chrisO ... deep black ... thin white lacing .... soft roast ... light vanilli chocolate roast nose ... light roast .. sweet vanilla ... light chocolate ... no depth

Bottle at Bruce’s Housewarming Party Tasting, London. Pours clear, light brown with a fine, tan foam head. Semi-dark malt nose with burnt leaves, faint cocoa and toasty bread. Light sweet flavor with some further pieces of toasty bread, light cocoa and some dirt. Light in body with fine carbonation. Moderate sweetness in the end with more dirt, weak roast, faint dry chocolate, mild toast. The character is just pretty weak overall, kind of thin. Nothing bad, per se, but nothing exciting, either. (3.0)

Cask at Reading Beer Festival 2012. Pours light brown, clear, with a moderate foam head. Leafy, musty roasty malt nose with hints of vanilla. Nice flavor, medium sweet with good vanilla and sturdy chocolate character, some gritty earth, light tangy dark malts. Light to meidum bodied with fine carbonation. Sweet finish with some chocolate, light caramel and vanilla, and soft roast. Very solid, though not outstanding. (3.6)

Bottle, thanks to Jack at Bruce’s Housewarming Tasting. It pours deep brown, with a thin off-white head. The nose is vanilla, coffee, roasted malt, cola and a touch of balsamic vinegar. The taste is caramel, cola, roasted malt, tanginess, treacle, dark fruit and vinous notes. Light-medium body and fine carbonation. Pretty smooth. Quite thin and not really that flavoursome. Not actually that much chocolate coming through for me either!

Cask@Reading Beer Festival 2012. Deep ambery copper colour with a small off-white head. Aroma is chocolate, roast, some fruity and vanillaish notes. Flavour is chocolate, roast, fruits and some wooden and vanilla notes. Balanced.