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6.9

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

Cask at GBBF 2016. It pours near black with a medium light tan head. The aroma is fresh, rather sweet, berry, fruit compote, plum and jam. The taste is smooth, rather fruity, Eccles cake, rocky road, syrupy cola, Vimto and cacao nibs with some peppery spice in the finish. Medium body and soft carbonation. A touch sweet and fruity for me perhaps, but I can understand why this is a highly rated mild. Good example of style.

7.2

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

Cask at GBBF 2016 09/08/2016. A viscous dark black mahogany brown coloured pour with no head. Aroma is sweet berry fruits, jammy fruits, boozy fruit cake. Flavour is composed of strawberry jammy fruits, strawberry cakey malts. Palate is sweet and viscous sticky, mellow carbonation good.

6.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Cask at GBBF ’16, day one, 09/08/16. Extremely dark mahogany brown with a decent beige cap. Nose is fruit cake, spice, chocolate, light roasted vibes. Taste comprises rich chocolate, liquorice, earthy red berry. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, drying close. Solid flavoursome mild.

7.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

500ml bottle. Almost black colour with average to huge, frothy to creamy, fairly lasting, moderatel ylacing, beige head. Chocolately malty and fruity hoppy aroma, notes of milk chocolate, red and blue berries, spicy, earthy hints of corresponding shrubs, a lactic touch of yoghurt combines with the fruitiness, additionally some roast on the malty side. Taste is minimally sweet chocolately malty, fruity hoppy, notes of raspberry and blueberry, a spicy, leafy, earthy touch of corresponding shrubs. Superbly balanced, very aromatic for its low abv.

7.2

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

Bottle 500ml (AbM)
Dark brown color, medium-sized beige head, lace. Aroma has barley, chocolate and coffee. Light to medium-bodied. Cocoa, some spices, chocolate, berries, light tartness and English hops. A bit chocolate cakey. Full of flavor. Nice.

7

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

Cask at GBBF 2014 - London. Day 1. Pours clear dark brown with a creamy tan head. Tasty, with semi-dark malts, some raspberry juice. Light bodied with fine to average carbonation; good condition. Sweet finish with ripe raspberry, blackberry. Good stuff.

6.8

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

Sampled @ GBBF. Dark brown to black color, small beige head. Smell and taste malts, quite sweet, a touch of dark fruits. Ok body and carbonation. Not bad.

7.2

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

Cask at Great British Beer Festival 2014, Olympia, London. A dark brown/black coloured pour with a medium beige head on top. Slightly roasty, berry fruit, raspberry aroma. Tastes similar, raspberry, berry fruit, slightly sweet, slightly roasted. Delicious.