6.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

440ml can.  Pours jet black with a large head.  Aroma is milk chocolate and caramel, with a little roast.  Taste has a little vanilla to start with a bitter caramel finish.  Yeasty aftertaste.

7.6

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

440ml can. Pours black with a beige head. Aroma of biscuit, chocolate, caramel. Taste of caramel, vanilla, chocolate, biscuity malts, surprisingly bitter (coffee-like), not much sweetness as you might expect from the adjuncts. Medium-full bodied. Bit of a strange one, flavours are as described but them being bitter is a bit of a mindfuck.

8.1

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

Can from Fuss Club at home. Black colour with a tan head. Aroma and taste are malty chocolate and caramel sweet. Full rich body.

8.9

Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

Can from Hop Shop Aberdeen. Black body with a thick tan head that holds well. No visible carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of caramel, shortbread and vanilla. Flavour of nuts and roasted malt. Medium body with a chewy mouthfeel. Soft fizz. Rich and decadent.

7

Can at home. Pours black, nose is roasted, earthy, chocolate, liquorice, taste is similar, bitter finish. 8/8/7/7/7

7.3

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

440ml can from my kids on Father’s Day! Poured almost black in colour with a short-lived, fizzy dark tan head. The aroma is roasty, light sugary, chocolate. The flavour is moderate liquorice bitter, light sweet, with a smooth, rich, roasty, chocolate, fake sugary, boozy liquorice bitter palate. Over medium bodied with soft carbonation. Nice, but it’s purely liquorice and booze. Millionaires Shortbread? Not in my can. This is becoming a familiar issue with Tartarus. Their stouts are rarely as described.