8.2

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Cask at Exeter Arms, Derby What a monster of a beer this is ! Bar staff quite rightly stopped me ordering a pint, before I realised how strong it was. It pours jet black with minimal beige head. The aroma is misleadingly average – just some ginger. But in the mouth there is a whole kaleidoscope of flavour. Mainly ginger, but also molasses, treacle, liquorice, parking and “old English Spangles”. Finish is packed with ginger too, plus an overall boozy feeling. Simply gorgeous – and not to be rushed … Appears to be the strongest cask beer I’ve ever drunk.