Bottle 500ml.Clear medium to dark red brown colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, roasted, chocolate, caramel, sweet chocolate, licorice, sweet licorice, licorice konfekt. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, caramel, caramelized caramel, licorice konfekt. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20120113]

Bottle at home .. dark red brown ... thin lacing ... soft sweet toffee chocolate toffee cherry roast nose... light fizz ... sweet cherry fruits ... hint of cola ... dark chocolate ... hint of rum ... sweet smooth and nice

[Bottle from Pallant of Arundel] Pours deep brown-black with a moderate beige head. Slight fizz. Smells of coffee and treacle. Treacle, figs, raisins and sweet black coffee in the first taste, balanced against a little bit of bitter chocolate. There’s a hint of very English dusty farmyard hops in there too. Vanilla ice cream and a slight oaky sourness come through in the finish. May be a bit sweet and sticky for some, but for me there was just enough bitterness and carbonation to cut through it. A lovely beer.

Cask gravity at SIBA BF, Paddock Wood. No real condition, mahogany in colour. Little bit of syrup. Quite a nice dark ale, with choc, caramel flavour. Not much hop. Strong mild

Bottle picked up at Vale Brewery shop, Brill, Bucks. Had this in field at Towersey Festival, Oxon, w/e 20th-25th August 08 Pours dark brown with plenty of chocolate on the nose, quite malty and a little sweet at times with big push of molassess, still I rather enjoyed this beer.