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bottle at home... August 2020... deep red brown... thin tan lacing... soft sweet caramel licorice.. burnt chocolate roast malts nose... soft sweet caramel licorice mslts

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

Bottle picked up at the brewery. It pours darkest brown to black with a decent light tan head. The aroma is malt - driven, sweet malt loaf character, toasty grain, mighty malt, dark fruits and a touch of treacle. The taste is smooth, roasty malts, toasty, bit of liquorice, treacle, dark fruits, plum, prune, damson and a touch if spice with a drying and toasty finish. Light to medium body and fine, prickly carbonation. Quite moreish actually. Grew on me.