7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at CBC Islington, 26/04/17. Black with a decent tan cap. Nose is light roast, spice, charr, dark chocolate, toffee, dark fruit rinds. Taste comprises chocolate cake, toffee, dried fruits, liquorice, molasses, mellow roast malts, ligh ashen tones. Medium + body, fine carbonation, oily feel with a light warming booze nip in the close. Solid easy drinking impy stout ... masks the 9% ABV well.
Tried
on 30 Apr 2017
at 04:49
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle shared in London - thanks to Cloin. Pours hazy brown with a big, foamy tan head. Woody aroma, some leathery berries, a little cocoa. Light sweet flavour with light berry tang, woody dryness, earth. Medium bodied with fine to average carbonation. Ashy bitterness in the finish, more drying wood, minerals, earth. So so overall.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Apr 2017
at 14:03
8/10
Tried
on 26 Apr 2017
at 13:54
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared at craft beer Co Islington. Many thanks to Colin for this one. A hazed dark nutty brown coloured pour with a a lasting light tan head. Aroma is earthy choc, hint of powdered choc, light jammy fruits. Flavour is composed of jammy fruits, powdered choc, earthy, powdered choc. . Plate is frothy effervescent, airy carbonation, earthy toast. Woody roast lingering.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Apr 2017
at 13:50
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at the craft beer Co Islington. A jet black coloured pour with a fine mid tan head. Oily. Aroma is soft ashy roast, burnt cocoa, choc, woody roast, . Palate is full bodied sweet, moderate carbonation, oily. Flavour is composed of dark choc, ashy earthy coffee roast, bitter roast, sweet choc. Good full roaat
Tried
on 26 Apr 2017
at 12:19
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
14th March 2017
42nd Floor Bottleshare. Opaque dark brown beer, good pale tan head. Airy palate, semi dry, decent fine carbonation. Fluffy dark malts, mild roast bitterness. Mild piney hops and modest red berry fruits. Smooth finish leaves a bitter linger. Pretty drinkable if quite fluffy.
42nd Floor Bottleshare. Opaque dark brown beer, good pale tan head. Airy palate, semi dry, decent fine carbonation. Fluffy dark malts, mild roast bitterness. Mild piney hops and modest red berry fruits. Smooth finish leaves a bitter linger. Pretty drinkable if quite fluffy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Mar 2017
at 14:10
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg at Cask Pub & Kitchen, Pimlico, London. A black coloured pour with a medium beige head on top. Roasty, chocolate, pine aroma. Tastes roasty, hoppy, chocolate, pine, grapefruit. Quite bitter but a nice complex black IPA.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Mar 2017
at 04:25
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at Drift, Poole. Very hazy brown with a thick off white head. Aroma of big cocoa powder, roasty note, malt and some light ripe fruit notes hiding behind. Flavour is light to moderate sweet and moderate bitter. Light medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 16 Mar 2017
at 09:19
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle shared in London - cheers! Pours hazy brown with a creamy tan head. The nose has toast, burnt pine, minerals, orange peelZ medium sweet flavour with more burnt pine, citrus peel. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Finishes with some flinty minerals, cocoa, earth, more light rindy bitterness. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Mar 2017
at 16:20
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle shared on Level 42 14/03/2017. Many thanks to Kenny for this one. An opaque dark mahogany brown coloured pour with a lasting frothy light tan head. Aroma is jammy fruits, berries, brown toast, woody pine needle. Flavour is semi sweet, jammy fruits, pine, woody piney needle. Palate is grainy, highish carbonation, frorhy. Decent.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Mar 2017
at 14:30