7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines; slightly hazy copper pour with minimal off white head, piney hop aroma, grapefruit taste some pine, I would estimate 68.97 IBU’s so decent bitter. I’m enjoying this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 May 2013
at 10:45
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines; cloudy brown pour with thin white head, peachy aroma, some tropical fruit hop in the taste but quite subdued, was expecting more hop from the label, quite malty.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 May 2013
at 10:00
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
(Cask at Cock Tavern, Hackney, London, 25 Apr 2013) Black colour with foamy, beige head. Roasted, malty nose with freshly ground coffee, dark chocolate, cocoa and ashes. Impressive coffee aromas. Malty, roasted taste with notes of fresh coffee, dark chocolate, ashes and a generous coffee bitterness in the finish. Medium body, quite dry. Loads of coffee character, with very fresh flavours. Excellent stout.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 May 2013
at 06:49
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Cock Tavern. It pours near black with a small beige head. The nose is light roast, coffee grinds, chocolate and burnt toast. The taste is mellow roast, ash, toast, milk chocolate, decent bitterness and subtle liquorice with a dry, roasty finish. Medium body and soft carbonation. Smooth, mellow and rather drinkable. Solid stuff.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 May 2013
at 06:26
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Cask at CBI, London on 28th April 2013. Solid black with thin tan film and pattern lace. Coffee and cocoa aroma. Rich coffee, spice and chocolate in-mouth. Rather sweeter aftertaste with berries and tanginess yet coffee returns late. Excellent. Smooth mouthfeel and fair body.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 May 2013
at 11:50
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
[Cask at the Reading Beer Festival] Brown-black with a moderate tan head. Coffee is evident in the aroma with obvious roasted malts, but it feels like they’ve just been added to try and cover up a rather inferior, slightly sour base beer. Don’t think the hops used really work that well with the coffee, either. An unbalanced beer with a great smell.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 May 2013
at 15:48
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle [3.7% abv]. Almost black colour with average, creamy, fairly lasting, moderately lacing, beige head. Cautiously roasty dark malty aroma with a coffee/cappuccino note. Taste is minimally sweet dark malty, very good coffee/cappuccino note, hints of roast, a sourish touch.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 May 2013
at 09:28
7.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Cock Tavern - London. Pours dark brown with a thick, mocha cream head. Quite a bit of mocha on the nose, soft roast. Light to medium sweet flavor with char, some chalky roast, slight minerals and baking cocoa. Light bodied with smooth, silky carbonation. Fairly earthy and bitter to finish, lots of bittersweet baking cocoa, moderate toast, some burnt coffee grounds. A really nice, depthy and sessionable stout.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Apr 2013
at 10:32
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
500ml bottle from Ales By Mail
Bottled on Mar 2013 - Pours clear copper orange with a smooth sticky head. Aroma of crisp malts mixed with exotic fruits and grassy hops. Taste is sweetish and crisp with notes of exotic fruits, lemon, citrus, resinous hops and hints of grass. Finish is fruity and juicy with some sweetish notes and some bitter hoppiness. Quite balanced and juicy pale ale with quite a nice hop profile.
Bottled on Mar 2013 - Pours clear copper orange with a smooth sticky head. Aroma of crisp malts mixed with exotic fruits and grassy hops. Taste is sweetish and crisp with notes of exotic fruits, lemon, citrus, resinous hops and hints of grass. Finish is fruity and juicy with some sweetish notes and some bitter hoppiness. Quite balanced and juicy pale ale with quite a nice hop profile.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Apr 2013
at 09:39
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Cask at CBC, London on 30th March 2013. Hazy gold with off-white lacing foam. Rich grassy aroma. Richly hoppy in-mouth with grass, grapefruit and lemongrass. Sharpened citric finish with slight savoury nutty touch. Exquisite, delicate mouthfeel. I’m having another one of these!
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Apr 2013
at 11:57