7.2

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

Bottle thanks to AndrewC pours dark brown black colour lasting tan head. Chocolate and roast malt aroma. Good in mouth. Full rich full of cake flavours some dark fruit some molasses. Good condition. I don't like many stouts but this is excellent. Good smoothness. Some bitterness on the finish.

6.2

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

Cask at the Guildford arms. Pours black, nose is chocolate, toffee, light sulphur, taste is sweet, toffee, chocolate, harsh.

8.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

Gravity cask at Bedford Beer Festival, 2013. Mid to dark brown - light for a stout. Massive tan head for a gravity beer. Aromas of liquorice, fresh coffee, smoke and earth. Sweet taste carries the flavours superbly. Bitter finish and aftertaste rounds it off nicely. Tastes stronger than it is. Beer of the festival for me.

7

28/8/2013. Cask at The Dove Street Inn Summer Beer Festival.

5.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Gravity cask at the Bree Louise, London. Pours clearish brown with a light, off-white head. Moderate burnt toast nose. Light to medium sweet flavor with dirt, burnt toast, sugars and burnt plastic. Faint roast. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Earthy finish with rubber and faint cocoa. Not awesome.

6.8

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

Cask at the Sussex Arms, Twickenham Green - 13/10/12. Badge simply stated ’Kingstone - Stout’ I didn’t record any mention of ’No. 1 Premium’ listed as 4.4% so clearly the same beer. Very dark mahogony brown vergeing on black . Roast malt nose, a little thin, not a lot else coming out. Tastes of milk chocolate and roast malt, good combination and well balanced. Medium bodied leading to a dry finish. Decent enough stout.

5.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

6th December 2011
Cask at Pigs Ear. Clear dark brown beer. Little pale tan head. Light dry palate. Very dry! Bitterish but mild dark malt with a trace of smoke. Some hop bitterness. All a bit light for a stout and too dry but okay.

7

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

Cask (gravity) @ GWBCF2011 - Great Welsh Beer and Cider Festival, Cardiff Interantional Arena, Mary Ann Street, Cardiff, Wales.Clear dark black brown colour with a average, frothy to creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, raosted - burnt malt, dark malt, dusty, keller. Initial flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter, finish flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, burnt dark malt - roasted malt, keller, cewer notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20110616] 6-4-5-3-11 Cask (gravity) @ 28th Pigs Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2011, at The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, EnglandClear dark black brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, light beige to beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, caramel, dark chocolate, milk chocolate. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20111206] 7-4-7-3-14

5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

Deep red balck with no head, deep roast malt deepfruit malts with quite a lot of roast bitterness in linger