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

Cask at Crewe Dog, Crewe. Pours “bitter brown” with a small off-white head and good lacing. The aroma has a creamy edge to it, with lactose, nougat and malts. In the mouth, the uppermost flavour is marshmallows, but there is an underlying bitterness to which it is somewhat at odds. There’s malts, nuts, parkin, biscuits raisins and a hint of liquorice. Finish is somewhat sticky. Bit of a mess really.