Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Cask at the Cock Tavern - Hackney. Pours black-brown with a small, bubbly tan head. Medium sweet flavour, rich and toothy, some ash, bitter cocoa, alcohol, burnt wood, a whisper of smoke. Full bodied, oily, soft, limited carbonation. Warming finish, ashy and drying, more booze, old torched wood, burnt grass, earth, bitter dark chocolate. Solid no-nonsense BA impy stout.