8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
330ml panda from LCB. Pours thick black with tanned head. Powerful aroma of the aged oak and particularly maderia hit first, then notes of chocolate, mixed dark fruits, roasted malt, touch of liquorice. Taste of dark chocolate, raisins, port, oak, toffee. Its boozy and sweet but not overdone or too rich. Creamy mouthfeel with a fine to average carbonation. Long bitterness in the finish. Well balanced.
Tried
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:08
9/10
Splendid
Tried
on 25 Dec 2024
at 20:01
9/10
Cheers at Lee B.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2024
at 14:04
8/10
bottle at home ...copper ...thin tan head ..soft sweet caramel toffee fruit nose ...Light fizz ...big sweet orange ..soft sweet malts ..big soft juicy fruit ..soft orange finish
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2024
at 17:10
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Oct 2024
at 21:58
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Black beer, thin head. Malty aroma, a little liquorice. Flsvour has toasty malt, liquorice, some dark chocolate. Rich, smooth, quite aniseed-y to my taste but very nice
Tried
on 28 Sep 2024
at 23:30
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Dunno where from. That description btw! Who’s made that shite up?! Anyhoo. Deep ruby tinged dark brown. Slim dense lasting beige head. Pontefract cakes on the nose. Bit of a winter seasonal cake mix thing going on. Taste has a bonfire toffee sweetness with a dry and burnt ashy bitterness. Smooth enough overall with a poke from the ABV. Dry and spicy bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Sep 2024
at 21:45
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
20/9/2024. Draft at the Bury St Edmunds Craft Beer Festival. 2023 vintage brewed at Artefact. Pours black with a small frothy tan coloured head. Aroma is dark chocolate, roasted malt, caramel, coffee, dark fruits, molasses, ash. Moderate sweetness, medium roasted bitterness. Full bodied, smooth soft carbonation. Deep roasted chocolate finish. Great finisher.
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Sep 2024
at 18:43
7/10
bottle at home ...Sept 2024 ...dark black ...thin tan lacing ..soft dry chocolate Roast malts nose ..boozy chocolate roast malts ...Light dry chocolate ..tiniest hints of acetone
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Sep 2024
at 18:47
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle. Nose is dark fruit, pronounced Madeira, brown sugar, leather, hints of chocolate, Christmas cake. Taste is rich leather, Christmas cake, dark fruits, roast malts, chcocolate, toffee, hazelnut, wood, brown sugar, leading to a warming spice note, and a herbal hop finish. Thick rich mouthfeel. Incredibly well balanced, rich without being cloying.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Sep 2024
at 20:42