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6.1

Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cask @ The Grove, Huddersfield. Crisp, darker reddish-brown in colour, with an extremely thin head. Has a light roasted malt sweetness, more noticeable in its nose than taste.

6

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

Gravity cask at the Birmingham CAMRA Beer Festival 2015. Poured a clear dark reddish brown with a round bubbly white head. The aroma is red berry fruit, light chocolate malt. The flavour is roast malt light smoke liqourice with a light watery coffee, light medicinal palate. Medium to light bodied with soft carbonation.

6.8

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

Cask at 2015 Birmingham Beer Festival; clear coca cola brown pour with a frothy off white head, aroma has coffee and a hint of malt, taste has burnt malts, some coffee a hint of chocolate.

6.6

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

Cask, Beamish Mary, No Place, Co Durham. Very dark brown, near enough black with a thin biege head. Aroma was sweetish with roasted malt, coffee and dark chocolate. Flavour was something similar. Solid and drinkable, but a little diappointing overall.

5.5

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

Cask (handpump) @ GBBF 2007, London. Dark amber brown color with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is light to moderate malty, roasted, fruity, notes of licorice. Flavor is light to moderate sweet and light bitter with a average duration. Body is light to medium, texture is watery, carbonation is flat.

6.6

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

Cask@GBBF2007. Dark amber colour, close to black. Small brownish beige head. Aroma is roasted malts along with fruits and malts. Some wet burnt wood along with some fruity- and bitterness. Pleasant one, with a slightly sticky palate.

5.2

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

Cask gravity at GBBF 2007. Very dark brown, bubbly beige head. Choccy porter aroma, little thin in mouth. A little watery, where are they malts? OK hop on finish. Just too watery.