8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8.5

Can at home, 1st November 2025. Pours black. Aroma is dark malts, roasty, cocoa. Taste is bitter and malty, smooth and decent

6.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

12 oz can in a trade with Clarkvv. Thank you! Aroma and flavor or a match.
A mild root beer or sarsaparilla character with soft vanilla and ends on light spice. I guess the body is appropriate for the ABV. Comes off more like an alcoholic root beer than a stout.

7.8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

16 oz can in a trade with Clarkvv. Thank you! Aroma and flavor or a match. Mild yeast phenols showing mild fruit and some white pepper. Slightly spicy finish. Alcohol is only mildly noticeable. Decent for sure.

7

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Sampled from the tap at The Sovereign. Pours a clear slightly hazy yellow golf with a white head that dissipates slowly to the edges and laces slightly. Aroma has sweet wheat and coriander with a bit of light nutmeg underlying. Flavor has sweet wheat and coriander with nutmeg and clove coming through.

7.3

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Brunoransje klar med beige skum. Lukter syltetøy, kokte grønnsaker og sirup. Middels fylde. Smaker belgisk gjær, knekk, kardemomme og karamell.

7

Can. A really pleasant wit, nice fruityness, coriander. Some pale malts. A really nice wit. 747415 251115

8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Canned 7/14/25, drunk 11/14/25. As pictured.
Lemony with sugar cookies and a bit of unripe stone fruit and mineral on the end. Clean, fairly bright. Nothing punchy and while it's hoppy, it's not over-hopped.
Hoppy and malty with great balance. Some bitterness, light floral notes and gentle citrus with soft tropical fruit accents. Cookie and white bread malts dry out enough to avoid being sweet/mushy. Nothing super complex here, but it's not trying to be, and the hops are done really nicely, with clean bitterness and good spice, citrus and funk (cashmere).

8.3

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Rail Trail draught, 11/12/25, as pictured.
Big and fruity with light, tart acidity. Not all that dark, which is nice. No roast, no toast, no big chocolate or anything to get in the way of the yeast. Lots of rapberry and vanilla-like notes. A bit more of a sour than a quad but whatever.
Big tartness but it doesn't get out of hand and no acetic character builds up or destroys the palate. Soft oak and biscuity malts help balance and soak up potential acid. Very fruity with no big tannin, but lots of vanilla and mild woodiness. Really nice take on this often boring style.

7

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can, as pictured, drunk 11/10/25.
Whatever this cherry-derived spice is, it smells like cherry. Gentle vanilla notes in there, as well, with fudgey malts and little/no roast. Something crusty and maybe it's lactose. Just gives a weird, non-beer character to the nose.
The Mahleb is strong, giving floral cherry which goes well with the vanilla. But the body is very light, though not thin. Lactose seems to loosen things and add its usual weird, dirty flavor. Malts are crusty, crunchy, very lightly sweet, but not soft or comforting like I want from a stout. Just a bit sugary and lactose-given, though the cherry notes are unique and interesting.