7.5

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

Cask at Exeter Arms, Derby. Pours almost black with a small cream head and good lacing. Coffee and chocolate stand out in a strong aroma. It’s a tad watery in the mouth, but the flavours make up for that. Dark fruits and chocolate at first with bitter coffee grounds and cocoa nibs soon joining. Despite all that, it’s fairly sweet. Nice and drinkable, but unfortunately the individual flavours don’t combine to give a coherent tiramisu whole.