02/12/2005. GREAT WELSH BEER & CIDER FESTIVAL, City Hall, Cathays Park, CARDIFF, Cardiff, Wales

5.2

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

Cask @ Jubilee Refreshment Rooms, Sowerby Bridge. Black with a small head. Has a wild bushy aroma and taste.

7

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

Cask @ Bow Bar, Edinburgh 200712
Dark brown, off white head, good lacing, ruby light through edges of glass
Aroma - roasted malts, light coffee, chocolate, dark malts
Taste as aroma, more coffee now, some bitter roasted malts, good flavour
Palate - soft carb. medium bosy. Smooth and silky due to the oats. FInish of roasted coffee and chocolate.
Overall - Quite a good stout with a nice smooth texture

6.8

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

cask at bow ... deep red brown ... creamy tan head ...toffee and licorice nose ... soft toffee roast malt ... little licorice and treacle in linger ... bitter linger .. too bitter in its linger

7

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

Cask at the Market Porter. It pours darkest brown, with a decent beige head. The nose is mostly roasted malt, as well as smoky bacon and some cheesy hop. The taste is roasted malt, smoke, caramel, cola, bonfire, wood, liquorice and pepper, with a dry, roasty finish. Medium body and soft carbonation. A flavoursome cask stout.

7.3

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

Cask (handpump) @ The Grove, 2 Spring Grove Street, West Yorkshire, Huddersfield, England HD1 4BP.Clear dark red brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, fully lasting, off-white to light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, burnt, coffee. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, burnt dark malt bitter. Body is medium, texture is watery to oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100119]

7.2

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

Cask. Pours a dark brown with an orange hue and a rough beige head. Burned malt in the nose with some licorice. Quite full-bodied, hard roasted malts, licorice and tobacco. Distinct malt bitter finish - almost tar-like. 190110

7.1

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

Cask at Volunteers Arms, GBBF 2007. A brown beer with an orange head. The aroma is sweet alty with strong notes of roasted malt. The flavor is sweet malty with notes of hops and roasted malt, lingering for a long time in the aftertaste. The body is a bit thin.