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

Adding in my 300 Beers To Try ticks because I want to see how they impact my stats and some of them I will never see again. Will however re-rate them when practical. Present from my sister-in-law.

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

500ml bottle conditioned, into a UK pint sleeve at home early on 3rd Oct 2015. Deep, dark ruby hue to the brown body, the head a full and rich tanned blanket of foam. Dark chocolate in the nose and taste, coffee prominent as well in both the aroma and flavour. Fairly smooth for a 4% ABV non-Milk Stout and full of flavour: impressed.

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

Bottle from Mr Lawrence Wine Merchants, Brockley. Black pour with a tan head. Coffee, burnt caramel and dark chocolate aroma. Carbonation very flat. Coffee, raisin and caramel flavour. Quite dry.

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

Appearance: Very dark brown, black-ish. Some dark tan head. Aroma: Very dark malt, coffee, chocolate. Roasted. Taste: Dark malt, again coffee and roasted. Quite smooth. Info: 500ml bottle, 29/10-2011, 217/300

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

27th November 2007
Warning! Early amateur rating! A dark and thin palated stout. No carbonation. Dominated by bitter malt and strong smoky notes. Lacks complexity. Dissapointing.

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

50 cL bottle. Pours dark brown to black with a small tan head. Aroma is dark roasted malt with a light breadish note. Dark malty, slight acidic and hard roasted. Bitter and dry malty into the far finish.

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

Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 09, Great British Beer Festival, Earls Court Exhibition Centre, London, England.Clear dark brown color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige to light brown head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, burnt, coffee dusty, smoke - peat. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090804]

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

50cl bottle from Bacchanalia, Cambridge. Pitch black with a thin rim of beige head; rich aroma of espresso coffee and chocolate malts; rather thin in the mouth but with a good depth of roasted chocolate malt flavour with a meaty undertone reminding me of well-roasted lamb, and then leading to a really dry finish with some light coffee. Different, not exactly what I’d associate with a stout, more of a mild in my opinion.

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Black with a small off-white head. Roasted aroma with licorice and wood. Dry and roasted, quite boring flavour