4.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 5

Cask at Smithfield, Derby. Pours a very dark reddish-brown with minimal scummy cream head. Roast malts and liquorice to the fore in the aroma plus some hints of vanilla. I’m not sure how to describe it in the mouth. Somewhere between sweet, bitter and sour but definitely fruity – maybe tart ? Anyway, there;s roasted malts, darks fruits and hints of blackcurrant. Sourness wins out in the dry finish. This is reasonable as a beer, but too weird for me !