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

Bottle at CBJ Tasting. Opaque dark brown. Frothy foamy bubbly beige head. Aroma has chewy malts and mocha. Underlying malts. Light-medium bitter. Coffee and a boozy bite. Light-medium bodied. Slick to creamy. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry astringent finish. Nice.

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

Nicely rounded dark malts, burnt toast, earth, dried semi-dark fruits. Not too sweet, not too bitter. A little cocoa, ash, British yeast. Pretty well balanced. Sound.

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

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

Bottle shared at the craft beer junction bermondsey tasting. From marble online. A mahogany brown coloured pour with a a loose kahki head, earthy, old socks, grape, raisin bread, earrhy roast. Nutty. Flavour is composed of toasted nuts, earthy roast,, semi sweet earthy liquorice, tangy dark berries fruit. Spicy finish. Palate is semi sweet, little aged, meloow carbonation. Light tang.

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

Bottle split at Craft Beer Junction, thanks to Fergus, 04/03/2026.
Light black topped with a khaki cap.
Nose is chocolate biscuit, dried fruit rinds, toffee, dark malts.
Taste comprises cocoa powder, fruit cake mix, toffee, mellow roast, raisins.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close.
Okay sipper but lacking depth for me.

Awesome. Chocolaty and smooth

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

Bottle. Nose is initially soy, licorice, but quickly mellows out into chocolate, brown sugar, with coffee. Taste is chocolate, light coffee, lots of toffee and brown sugar, treacle, and an earthy lightly medicinal hop note in the finish which prevents it being cloying.