6.6

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

As 'Polar', Old rating from 2013 - 500ml bottle from the Beartown Tap, poured at home in Jersey. It's black with a beige head. Aromas & tastes of chocolate, coffee, liquorice & roasted malt. Medium body. Long finish

6.8

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

Cask at the Pup and Duckling, Solihull. Poured a clear dark brown colour with a short-lived, frothy, off-white head. The aroma is burnt treacle. The flavour is moderate sweet and liqourice bitter, with a smooth, toffee, chocolate, light pepper spice, liqourice bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

29/01/2003. BEARTOWN TAP, 18 Willow Street, CONGLETON, Cheshire, England (BEARTOWN)

6.4

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

Cask at the Robin Hood, Amblecote. Pours very dark brown with a small head. Aroma is chocolate, dark fruit and porridge. Taste has chocolate, dark fruits and porridge.

7.1

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

Cask at the strugglers inn Lincoln. As Beartown Polar 4.8%. Jet black colour with a tan head. Aroma and taste are roasted burnt and treacle. Slight sweet following the roasted bitternesss. Medium body.

6.6

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

half pint on cask at the Hallcross.
Thick creamy beige head. Clear almost black pour. lots of chocolate. Smooth

6.2

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

Handpull cask at Coopers Tavern, Burton. Dark brown, slightly translucent with a tight creamy beige head. Vegetal note to the aroma, with some chocolate and liquorice. Sweet taste, nicely balanced with notes of horehound and watercress. Nice thick body, soft carbonation. Not a brilliant stout but passable on a Friday night.

7.2

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

10th Dec 2018; hand-pulled half-pint at The Crown Inn, Oakengates Shropshire. Black bodied, tanned foam on top. Semi-sweet malty molasses rule both the nose and taste with coffee esters and flavours to the fore. Nice, easy drinking dark brew.

5.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Aroma: 6 Look: 3 Taste: 5 Palate: 3 Overall: 10
Cask @ The Architect, Chester [070917]
Pitch black, dense beige head, soft lacing
Aroma - dark fruity malts, blackcurrant
Taste - sweet dark fruity malts, ribena notes, no roast, dab of treacle, odd flavour
Palate - medium body, smooth, sweet, soft jammy. Finsih of dark fruit jam, getting a dab of burnt roast in the tail
Overall - jammy dark stout, not sure about this - did not finish - may not be in best nick

5.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

NWAF 24 Jan 13. Svart. 0 skum. Markert søt sviskearoma. Litt vassen smak. Plommer. Tørr avslutning.