6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at Cherry Reds, Birmingham. Poured a murky medium brown with a frothy light tan head. The aroma is smoky malt, liqourice. The flavour is moderate liqourice bitter with a dry coffee, smoky, light chocolate, hop liqourice bitter palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Jan 2016
at 13:19
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
15th December 2015
Bottleshare at Chez Smith. Thanks to Colin. Opaque dark brown beer, very big tan head. Airy palate, decent fine carbonation. Chocolatey malts, a dark chocolate. Mild roast. Light semi dry finish. Tasty for a modest abv stout.
Bottleshare at Chez Smith. Thanks to Colin. Opaque dark brown beer, very big tan head. Airy palate, decent fine carbonation. Chocolatey malts, a dark chocolate. Mild roast. Light semi dry finish. Tasty for a modest abv stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2015
at 05:14
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle shared at Leightons place, 14/12/15. Thanks to Colin for this one. Hazed golden orange coloured pour with a small white head. Aroma is fruity citrus, slightly pithy, dirty grains, slight smokey phenol on the nose. Flavour is composed of spicy Rye, bready malts, pithy citrus, earthy. Palate is frothy, solid assertive hop bitterness, sticky hop resin. Solid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2015
at 13:20
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle shared at Leightons place, Thanks to Colin for this one. 14/12/15. Opaque black coloured pour with a big frothy drake tan head. Aroma is dry cocoa, EARTHY DIRT, ROAST, choc powder. Flavour is bitter black choc, roast, earth burnt earth. Lingering dry roast. Palate is very highly carbonation, earth, frothy. Lingering dirty bitter roast.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Dec 2015
at 13:19
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared in London - many thanks to Cloin. Pours unclear orange with a creamy off-white head. The nose has a bit of citrus, mellow dusty grains, nips of tangerine. Light to medium sweet flavor with more grainy bread, a little marmalade, apricot, pine. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Light resinous at the close, more grains, rindy citrus, minerals. Bitter aftertaste. Not bad.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Dec 2015
at 13:33
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle split at the Bespin cloud network, 15/12/15. Hazed orange amber with a decent beige covering. Nose is bitter orange, straw, light spice, biscuit, caramel. Taste comprises bitter orange, citric peel, apricot jam, toasted bread. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with earthy hop bitterness. Decent enough fayre.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Dec 2015
at 13:31
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at 6% thanks to Colin. It pours cloudy burnt orange with a thick yellow - white head. The nose is fresh, bright orange, peachy, sherbet, some rye spice, bready malts and candy. The taste is crisp, bitter, bready maltage, spice rye, orange peel, alcohol hit and earth with a dry, spiced finish. Medium body and moderate + carbonation. Pretty solid stuff. Nice aroma.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Dec 2015
at 13:31
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle split at Bespin towers, 15/12/15. Black with a mahoosive light tan head - a lively beer. Nose is tarte fruit, chocolate, toffee, light smoke. Taste comprises chocolate, light charr, dark fruit, toffee, pinch of spice, earthy. Medium bodied, spritzy carbonation, semi drying close. Ok stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Dec 2015
at 13:26
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle shared in London - many thanks to Colin. Pours black-brown with a billowing brown head. The nose holds ashy roast, dry cocoa, burnt cocoa. Light sweet flavor with so me scorched earth, burnt marshmallows, more coffee, faint rubber, wood. Light bodied and over-carbonated. Lightly sweet on the finish, fairly dry and ashy, with some baking cocoa, earth, raisins. So so.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Dec 2015
at 13:25
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle thanks to Colin. It pours jet black with a thick, foamy tan head. The nose is rich, dark chocolate, umami, rocky road, spice and liquorice. The taste is bitter, toasty, earthy roast, dark chocolate, burnt toast, charred notes, light spice and umami with a dry, earthy roast finish. Medium body and high carbonation. Aroma is decent. Carbonation is a bit high, but it’s ok.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Dec 2015
at 13:23