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

Jet black with thin creamy head. Aroma and flavour have a pleasant smokiness. Some cocoa in the finish.

Back at me local. Ash, coffee, Devonshire cream, blackcurrant and woodruff. OK.

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

Cask-conditioned at the Gryphon, Bristol 5/9/2014. Near black, with a thin, creamy, beige, head. Ashy, roasted, malts, some milk chocolate sweetness and a toasty finish. Good.

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

Bottle from Ringstead Village Stores, Norfolk. Darkest brown. Tan halo of head. Aroma of licorice, dark fruit. Some coffee. Taste is roast dryness. Light bitterness. Slightly watery mouthfeel. Thin finish.

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

Cask. Dark brown color with medium beige head. Roasty aroma with coffee, cocoa, chocolate. Taste, roasted malt, coffee, wood, bitter hops. Drinkable stout.

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

bottle at home ... deep black ... thinest lacing ... soft coffee roast ...light charcoal nose ... over fizzy ... dark malts ... little rought ... dry roast ... soft chocolate ... ok

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

Bottle at the CBC Tune-Up Tasting, London. Thanks to Paul. Pours dark brown with a fine, bubbly tan head. A bit less roasty on the nose than the porter, but it has more chocolate in the flavor. Some peat and earthy bitterness. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Mild roasty finish with some tobacco, earth and chocolate. Well-made stout.

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

Brown 500ml bottle, 5 days out of date (best before End of Nov 2008, drank on 5th Dec 2008). Poured into a Westmalle Chalice and the rest into a Palm tulip, it had yeast within (bottle conditioned), so I had to pour in one go. Really deep, dark brown/black in colour. A small tanned head soon became a collar and wisp. Burnt toast, coffee, dark chocolate and tarmac all came to my nose along with a Peat Bog Fire aroma. Very dry and bitter, the toast and smoke from the Peat Bog fire come through in the taste. A bit thin for a 5.0% Stout, very little body. The rear label mentions wheat as an ingrediant, that might explain the lack of a deep feel to the beer. Overall not bad, but I was expecting a little more from this beer.

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

Bottle at my Pre-CBC Tune-Up Tasting. It pours dark brown, with a thin bubbly beige head. The nose is caramel, roasted malt, bonfire, smoke and soy sauce. The taste is roasted malt, charcoal, wood, filter coffee, chewy malt and a touch of chocolate, with a dry, roasty finish. Medium body and low-average carbonation. A solid stout.

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

Cask@Plasterers Arms, Norwich. Deep amber, close to pitch black colour with a small beigeish brown head. Aroma is fruity,dark dry fruity, mildly toffee, roasted malts as well as some liquorice. Flavour is roasted malts, liquorice, dark berries, some fruits, toffee and mild wooden notes. Balanced, and does get some slight smoked wet wooden notes in the finish.