8.3

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Tap at Kernel, 26th September 2025. Pours black. Aroma is aromatic, cocoa, citrus. Taste is cocoa, bitter, malts, chocolate, floral, citrus, brilliant stuff

8.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

9

Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 9

Bottle. Beer Stop. Nearly black. Beautiful thick tan swede. Big scorched grapefruit vibe. Some blackcurrant. Light roast chocolate malt. A bit ashy and earthy. Taste is twangy bitter and earthy. Loads of body. Slick and slightly chewy. Big bitterness to finish. Fuck.

7.8

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

Keg at Mother Arch iii, 23/07/2025.
Pitch black topped with a tan cap that dissipates to a swirl.
Nose is chocolate shavings, roast malt, pine nip, burnt toffee.
Taste comprises bitter roast, ashen tones, pine needle, earthy, liquorice, charr, cocoa powder.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close spiked with dusty come earthy hop bitterness.
Solid.

8.3

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Tap at kernel tap room bermondsey. An opaque black brown coloured pour with a lasting khaki head. Aroma is nice earthy roast, pine needle, liquorice, robust. Flavour is composed of semi airy earthy roast, liquorice, fennel, pine needle, resin, ashy roast, robust roast. Palate is semi sweet, drying finish, roast.

8.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up at Figs & Grain. Pours black-brown with a dense, lasting creamy tan head. Medium sweet flavour, delicious, notes of toasted pine, bittersweet cocoa, fresh pine, orange peel. Medium bodied with fine, massaging carbonation. Finishes with some scorched earth bitterness, dark chocolate, burnt pine, more citrus peel and toasted pine. Such depth, such balance. Gorgeous.