6.1

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

Cask at the Last Post, Southend on 10th December 2025. Rated as a novelty ale. Deep ruby black with shallow, tan foam and spot lacing. Blackcurrant-led candy fruits aroma. Liquid pass and finish reflect the same flavour profile. Light to medium bodied with a smooth mouthfeel.

6.8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at the White Swan (JDW), London before going to see Dea Matrona at the Garage in Highbury. Dark brown with a creamy head. Chocolate cherries up front. Really quite chocolately actually. Lots of Ribena and cranberry juice. Really quite fruity actually! But then soot and burnt, bitter malt - really quite sooty actually - which does clash a bit with all the sweet chocolatey fruitiness. It's certainly full-flavoured and interesting, and I did quite enjoy it - but they definitely need a chimney sweep in to deal with some of that soot. Dea Matrona were excellent by the way.

6.1

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

Cask at the moon under water Watford Jdw. A clear reddy mahogany brown coloured pour with a fine kahki head. Aroma is medium sweet jammy berries, blackcurrant cordial, artificial, strawberries jam, creamy, vanilla. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, creamy, rounded, jammy fruits, blackberry strawberry flavouring, nutty roast. Palate is semi sweet, little sticky, creamy feel, mellow cask condition. Adjunct forward.

6.6

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

Half pint on cask at the gate house jdw.
Medium creamy beige head. Clear almost black pour. Light dark fruits and sweetness

6.8

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Mørk brun med beige skum. Lukter solbærsirup, karamell, mørk malt. Smaker mørke bær, fruknøtt sjokolade. Mild.

6.4

Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Svart, med beige skum. Lukter hagebær, lilla gummibjørner og kakao. Lett. Smaker noe mørk sjokolade, tørket frukt og noe lakris. Kort.

6.6

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

Bottle from Morrisons Supermarket, Moston. Extremely dark with a light-brown head. Has an interesting red-berry winter style fruitiness, with a sweetness, but not particularly sweet - feeling a bit like a 'parma violet' candy. This is its creamy element as stated on the bottle.

06/12/2018. EMBANKMENT, 282-284 Arkwright Street, NOTTINGHAM, Nottinghamshire, England (BEER CONSORTIUM)

6.5

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

Gravicask at The 14th Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival, Marquee Bar A. Shared with Finn on the first day of the festival. A ring of bubbles to the rim, near-black body, fair lacing. Inviting smell of nutty malts and dark fruits. Blended taste character of nuts, chocolate, prunes and dark berries. Smooth malt-fruity close. Medium bodied. Tasty (Nottingham 12.10.2022).

6.1

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Som «Dark Fruity Porter» 4.4% på Robin Hood Beer&Cider Festival 2022. Delt med Rune. Svart. Mokkafarget filmskum. Beskjeden fruktaroma. Smaken svisker. Rosiner i en så vidt bitter avslutning.