Bottle from Appellation Wines. Appearance - dark brown to black. Opaque with a fawn head. Nose - creamy milk chocolate and caramel. Light biscuit. Taste - chocolate biscuits and caramel again. Palate - creamy texture, close to medium bodied. Fairly sweet but decent texture. Overall - good.

Bottle from Aldi Inverurie. It pours darkest brown to black with a small beige head. The aroma is earthy roast, toasty, umami, some sticky BBQ ribs vibes, cacao, dark chocolate drizzle and salted caramel. The taste is dry, bitter - sweet, earthy roast, coffee grounds, plain chocolate, umami, sticky BBQ ribs, toothy, salted caramel, peppery spice, charred wood and a touch metallic with a dry, toasty finish. Average body and fairly high, prickly carbonation. Decent flavour to it, but let down a bit by the prickly carbonation. Would prefer to try this out on cask.

Cask at the Black Country Arms, Walsall. Poured a clear dark brown with a frothy light tan head. The aroma is light roasted malt. The flavour is moderate bitter with a light, roasty, earthy, light hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.

Cask at the cask and barrel (Southside). Pours clear dark brown, thin off-white head. Aromas of dark malt, chocolate. Taste is light spice, dark brown sugar, roast. Thin and watery.