8

Can thanks to Stuu666.
Appearance - opaque black and a thin tan head.
Nose - earthy, chocolate and an edge of dried fruit.
Taste - much more dried fruit this time, treacle and very dark chocolate.
Palate - medium to full bodied and long sweet fruits finishing with roast on the finish.
Overall - lovely stuff.

8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

can at home ...dark black ..thin tan lacing ..soft sweet earthy chocolate roast malts ...dark sweet chocolate roast ...dark chocolate roast malts ...Light fruit and earthy ..nothing exciting but im liking it

8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can thanks to Stuu666. Pours dark brown with a thin tan head. Aromas of light chocolate and coffee, faint spice. Taste is earthy chocolate, prunes, molasses. Roasty warming finish.

7.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

440ml can. Pours almost black with a tan head. Aroma dark malts, dark chocolate, treacle, caramel, liquorice. Taste is much the same, rich dark malts, dark chocolate, treacle, liquorice, caramel, roast malt bitterness and warming booze at the end. Medium-full bodied, smooth. Very good effort for their first stout.

7.1

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

23rd October 2025
Keg at CBJ. Opaque dark brown beer, small dark tan head. Smooth palate, semi dry, good fine minerally carbonation on the back end. Rich if, for the style, fairly light bodied dark malts. Estery sweetness, a little dark malt cream. Mellow chocolate. A little spice on the semi dry finish. Alright. Won't live long in the memory.

6.3

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

On tap at Craft Beer Junction. Pours nearly black with a tan head. Toasted dark bread and booze on the nose. Flavour has toasted bread, caramel, and a thick chewy toffee character. Very rough and unbalanced; needs a lot of work.

7.6

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

Can from Bottle & Stoat in Southampton. Dark and glossy. Foamy beige head shrinks away. Flavourwise it has dark chocolate and a chocolate liqour type thing. Some dark fruit sweetness. As does aroma. Medium bodied. Slick to creamy. Soft-fizzy carbonation.

7.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

7.5

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can on the 1930 Southampton - Waterloo, thanks to The Bearded Avenger, South Coast Jolly Boys Day Out 20/09/2025.
Black topped with a khaki covering that thins to a swirl.
Nose is chocolate, roast malts, coffee, molasses, spice.
Taste comprises roasted tones, toasted brown sugar, mellow coffee, toffee fudge, cocoa powder.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced spike of alcohol.
Decent.