8

cask at pigs ..mdark copper .m thin white lacing ..soft sweet cake fruit ...oily fruit ..soft sweet fruits ..woody sweet fruit

7.2

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

Gravity cask at The Royston, Broadstairs, 17/03/23. Extremely dark mahogany brown with a beige cap that clears to the edge and spotting. Nose is dark malts, toffee, molasses, brown sugar dusting, sticky dates. Taste comprises fruit cake mix, treacle toffee, light spice, dark malts, figs, brown sugar dusting. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close with a light kiss of booze. Solid olde ale.

8

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

Gravity cask at One Inn The Wood, Petts Wood on 18th January 2023. Deep brown with shallow off-white foam and pattern lacing. Sweet roast malt aroma. Berry fruits, roasty malts and grassy bitterness in-mouth. A long, bitter finish. Smooth mouthfeel and a full body. Solid and satisfying.

7.3

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

Cask (gravity) @ NWAF 2012, National Winter Ales Festival, The Venue, Sheridan Suite, Manchester, England.Clear medium to dark red brown color with a average, frothy - fizzy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, dark fruit, light roasted. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long duration, riped dark fruit, malt, hoppy. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat, finish feel is light alcoholic. [20120119]

6.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

3rd December 2009
Pigs Ear. Clear brown beer, light suddy head. Nice unsweet toffee malt. A little light pepper in the mid. Dark marmalade orange makes an appearance. Finishes dry with dark malt and a bitter aftertaste. Decent tasty beer.

6.8

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

Cask at White Horse Parson’s Green. It pours very dark brown, with a thick beige head. The nose is charcoal, smoke, salted caramel and sweet pear. The taste is smoke, charcoal, leather, chocolate, varnish, caramel, pipe tobacco and salted caramel, with a big dry, woody finish. Medium body and soft carbonation. Nice stuff.

7.2

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

Cask at the White Horse, London. Pours dark ruby with a thick, off-white head of great longevity. Sugary fruit aroma, toasty malts, crispy leaves. Has a pretty big sweet flavor with a good dose of meat. Salty, with leafy bitterness and some rich, dried fruits. Medium to full bodied with fine carbonation. Sweet, dry and sticky finish, leaves, toast, mild leather, mild booze. A nice beer.

6.6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at NWAF, 2011. Dark brown pour with a beige head. Burn caramel, treacle and butterscotch aromas. Flavours of treacle toffee, a little sweet spice, meaty. Slight bitterness. Malty, spicy finish.

6.4

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

Gravity dispense at Pig’s Ear Festival 2008, London
Very dark brown color. This bold caramel brew is not bad, but unfortunately has a light vegetables aroma and flavor too.

8.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5

Cask at Dering Arms, Pluckley Kent Dark ruby colour with nose of sweet malt, but there is certainly an astringency and hoppiness there in the aftertaste. Good for warming you up in the middle of winter 3.4/5.0 Re-rate. 08/01/07 Very deep brown with touch of russet and lasting beige head. Roasted nuts, coffee, strong dry malt and touch of syrup on the aroma. Some hop too. Gorgeous in mouth, exquisitely full, light choc malts and roasted nuts. Toasty more than dark roast. Some juicy dark fruits. Finish is dry, full and juicy with dry toast coming through most. The longer it oxygenates, the sourer the fruit becomes. Damson, sour dark plum, sour dark cherry, sour blackberry. All wonderful. Give it another couple of hours in the cask and it will be even more wonderful.