20/09/2007. HAMILTON HALL, Street-level Concourse, Liverpool Street Station, LONDON, EC2, England (WETHERSPOONS)

6.2

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

22nd April 2009
Very dark brown beer - but just about transparent! Dry but soft palate. Tangy fruit - porterish. Dark chocolatey malt that is a little bitter. Palate slightly too dry but a well tasty beer!

8

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

Cask. Quite much pitch black colour, small brown head. Aroma is chocolate, roasted malts, sime mild liquorice and mild vanillaish notes. Flavour is chocolate, lots of fruits, some liquorice and mild herbal and bitter notes in the finish. Pleasant.

6.8

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

Cask, Ship and Mitre, Liverpool. Deep dark brown with a thinnish off white head. Sweet chocco malt aroma with fruity notes. Similar flavour with some hop bitterness. . Quite tasty.

6.8

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

Cask-conditioned at the Bag ONails, Bristol 22/04/09. Black with a decent, off-white head. Big, dark chocolate aroma, with some roastiness and dried fruit. Flavour was similarly chocolately, with some sweetness before a decent enough bitter finish. Enjoyable.

7.3

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

Cask on shefiled Crawl ...deep black, light roast,roast malts, some chocolate quite a lot of hop in background

7

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

Cask (gravity) @ The National Winter Ales Festival 2008, Manchester, UK.Clear medium to dark brown color with a small, fizzy - virtually none appearance, virtually none lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, chocolate, light vanilla. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate bitter with a average to long duration. Body is light to medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. (170108) 5-3-6-3-12 Cask (handpump) @ Devonshire Cat, Wellington Street, Devonshire Green, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England S1 4HG.Clear dark red brown color with a average to large, creamy, good lacing, fully lasting, light beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, roasted, burnt, coffee, light chocolate, moderate hoppy, flowers. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and heavy bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20090419] 7-4-7-3-14

6.2

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

Cask @ The Pommeler’s Rest, JDW, Southwark. Pours a black color with a small off-white head. Roasted malty chocolate aroma. Sweet roasted malty chocolate flavor. Sweetish malty chocolate finish with some bitterness in the aftertaste.

7.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Cask handpull at County Hotel, JDW, Ashford. Black/very dark brown with thin dark beige head. Choccy/blackcurrant aroma, a little sour too. Bit of liquorice, bit watery in mouth, but very nice grainy choc on end. Not great condition cos getting towards end of barrel, but then again only 99p a pint. Some good choc on finish mind. Given better condition this would be excellent.