7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
6/2/2026. Cask at the 16th Elysian Winter Beer Festival. Aroma is ashy, chocolate, coffee, roasted malts. Nicely done.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Feb 2026
at 15:36
4/10
Very flowery, not really to my taste, wouldn't drink it again. Christmas present from my stepson, drank at home.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2026
at 22:30
6.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Pendle Beer Festival 2026 Beer#1. A dark starter for the festival, which is a steady if understated stout, dark malty rather than roasted in its notes, and an underperforming texture.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Jan 2026
at 17:34
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Jan 2026
at 20:55
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
440ml can thanks to Mike. Just what the doctor ordered. Great balance, nice and light on the palate, not too hoppy, not too sweet, just right. New Kashmir anyone?
Tried
from Can
on 17 Jan 2026
at 08:46
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
440ml can, thanks to Mike for squirrelling this away for me! A gusher unfortunately! Black appearance, thin brown head. Robust rich coffee nose, continuing to taste alongside rich dark malt layers and a little fire on the finish. Quite a nice complex stout. Shame I lost a quarter of it.
Tried
from Can
on 14 Jan 2026
at 09:30
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at the Old Bell, Southside. Pours clear golden orange with a thick white head. Aromas of citrus and tropical fruit. Taste is very fruity, satisfyingly bitter finish. Enjoyed it.
Tried
on 13 Jan 2026
at 14:54
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
440ml can, thanks to Mike for this. Misty gold pour, small white head. Definitely zesty, definitely lemony. Can't recall lemon dream ever being lemony like this. Some sharp citrus and gooseberry coming through. Nicely sour. Decent.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Jan 2026
at 08:45
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Wellington, Birmingham. Poured almost black in colour with a mostly lasting frothy, off-white head. The aroma is roasty, light chocolate. The flavour is moderate to light liquorice bitter, light sweet, with a smooth, somewhat light, chocolate, earthy, light herbal, aromatic, liquorice bitter palate. Medium to light bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Wellington
on 06 Jan 2026
at 19:43
5.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 5
440ml can @ Salopian. Pours dark, loose tan head. No cherry for me I'm afraid, some chocolate but not jumping out as black forest gateau.. doesn't seem much of an oat influence. Dry bitter close. Like it as a stout but as a black forest stout it's poor.
Tried
from Can
at
Salopian Bar
on 05 Jan 2026
at 10:23