6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Dark brown with a frothy / creamy tan head and soft roasted malt and a touch of fruit and nut chocolate on the nose. Smooth and creamy but on the thin side somehow, chocolate malt and hints of dark fruit predominate, some roasted character and a dry finish.
Tried
from Cask
at
Shrewsbury Hotel
on 13 Oct 2025
at 16:15
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at the moon under water Watford Jdw. A clear mahogany brown coloured pour with a decent khaki head. Aroma is brown bread, fruit and nut, raisin. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, chocolate malts, mellow roast, brown bread, raisin loaf, nutty hazelnut. Palate is semi sweet, little thin mellow cask condition. Not bad.
Tried
on 11 Oct 2025
at 20:06
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 5
Overall 6
Cask at The Bank House. Clear brown with a beige head, looking worryingly thin. Aroma of chocolate and dark fruity malts. Taste of chocolate, dark fruits, a little liquorice, mild coffee roast malt bitterness. Light thin body. It's fine but a bit weak.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Bank House
on 09 Oct 2025
at 12:50
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
[Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading.] An opaque peaty brown pour with a thin beige head that completely coats the inside of the glass; roasted malt aroma; smooth in the mouth with a sweet malty taste; and a rich malty finish offset by a charred bitterness.
Tried
at
Back of Beyond
on 06 Oct 2025
at 11:47
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Half pint on cask at the Tut n Shive.
Medium creamy white head. Clear golden pour.
Medium creamy white head. Clear golden pour.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Oct 2025
at 16:04
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Standing Order. Fest beer 4. Pours clear dark brown with a thin beige head. Aromas of toffee and chocolate. Taste is dark fruits and light roast. Light sweet finish.
Tried
on 05 Oct 2025
at 14:37
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 9
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Cask at Bull & Stirrup, Chester. Pours a (very) dark reddish-brown with a small foamy cream head and excellent lacing. There’s roasted malts and balsam in the aroma plus hints of coffee. In the mouth it is sweet with just a touch of sharpness. Flavours of roasted malts, cola and traces of chocolate. Later on it becomes quite bitter with hints of hops and dark fruit leading to a slightly fruity finish. This is quite nice.
Tried
from Cask
at
Bull and Stirrup Hotel
on 05 Oct 2025
at 11:35
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Wetherspoon 2025 Autumn Beer Festival. Ale#8 of 26 untried possibilities at the fest. Not a stated stout, dark-malty undercurrents, but there's enough here for the style. Session material for a dark brew.
Tried
from Cask
at
Commercial Inn (JDW)
on 03 Oct 2025
at 07:34
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Third of a pint on cask at the gate house jdw.
Medium creamy beige head. Clear almost black pour. Light chocolate
Medium creamy beige head. Clear almost black pour. Light chocolate
Tried
from Cask
at
The Gate House (JDW)
on 02 Oct 2025
at 16:25
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 5.5
Cask handpull at Metropolitan Bar JDW London. Black beer lasting tan head some chocolate flavour light charcoal flavour light dryness on finish fine
Tried
from Cask
at
Metropolitan Bar
on 02 Oct 2025
at 14:46