7.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Can at home, 20th September 2025. Pours thick and black. Aroma is heavy sweet, chocolate, caramel. Taste is very sweet, chocolate and brown sugar, maybe wood notes and liquor. It’s alright, but far too sweet.

8.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

440ml can. Pitch black pour, minimal brown head. Aroma of chocolate, bourbon, roast malts. Taste of dark chocolate, bourbon, roast malts, dark fruits, quite sweet with a light bitter finish, quite boozy too. Full bodied, smooth. Really good stuff.

6.8

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

Can from Beerdome. Rather sweet with soft coconut, chocolate, molasses, caramel, sugar. Long sweet flavour, sweet, soy sauce. Good, but very sweet.

7.6

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

7.5

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

Svart med lys brunt skum. Lukter brunt sukker, mørk sjokolade og toffee. Fyldig. Søt. Smaker melasse, mørk sjokolade og brunt sukker. Middels lang.

8

Can at home. Pours black, nose is coconut, vanilla, chocolate, raisin, blackcurrant, taste is similar, sweet. 8

8.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

On tap at The Star & Garter, Bromley. Nose is liquorice toffee, blackcurrant jam, dark chocolate. Taste is dark chocolate, treacle toffee, jammy dark fruits, nice hit of coffee in the back end. Boozy sweet malty finish.

7.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8

440ml can from Middle Farm, Firle. Poured almost black in colour with little life. The aroma is roasty, vinous, oaky. The flavour is strong sweet, with a rich, silky smooth, dry oaky, buttery caramel, light red berry fruit, warm alcohol bitter palate. Full bodied with flat carbonation.