6.8

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

Half pint on cask at the Hallcross 5 Sep 23

6

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 5.5

Cask taster at the Lincoln beer festival. Dark colour with thin head. Aroma and taste are slight coffee. Thin body.

6.9

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at Brunswick, Derby. Pours a very dark reddish-brown with minimal cream head. There’s roasted malts and a hint of liquorice in the aroma. In the mouth it is fruity and slightly sweet though a tad watery. Flavour is cola and chocolate, some dark malts and a hint of dried fruit. Sweetness lasts into the finish. This is decent enough – but I might have enjoyed it more if it hadn’t been served in such a silly glass !

6.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Handpul cask at the Victoria Inn, Durham. Mid- to dark brown and translucent with a small beige head. Liquorice in the aroma, some chocolate notes. Sweet taste, maybe too sweet at first but a bit more balanced toward the finish. Light almost watery body with soft carbonation.

7

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

Cask at GBBF'23, day 3, 08/03/23. Extremely dark mahogany brown with a good sized beige cap. Nose is dark malts, dried fruit rinds, light roast, toffee. Taste comprises brown bread, nutty, dark malts, spice, charr, roasted bite, biscuit, toffee. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close. Decent flavoursome stout.

Historic check-in

7.4

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

Cask. Arch and Abbey, Whitby. Clear dark brown. Tight beige foam. Decent chocolate and bitter coffee notes here. Sweet to start with some roast malt bitterness. Creamy mouthfeel. Nice basic stout. Best of the 3 I had in here.

7.1

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

Bottle thanks to allmyvinyl. Appearance - deep brown to black with a tan head. Nose - earthy and light tar. Taste - a bit more going on. Dark chocolate, toffee and tar again. Palate - light to medium bodied, roasty finish. Overall - good.

7.4

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

Bottle from the brewery online shop. Pours clear dark brown with a thick beige head. Aromas of burnt toffee and tar. Some liquorice. Taste is chocolate and coffee. Dry finish.

6.6

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle from a now unrecalled source. Poured dark brown with a small off-white head. Aroma of malt, chocolate, lightly roasted, light coffee. Medium sweetness, fairly heavy roasted bitterness. Medium body, texture watery, flat carbonation. Not bad though not enough body.