8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle thanks to cgarvieuk. Pours clear dark brown with a thin tan head. Aromas of Madeira, leather, sherry, liquorice. Taste is dark chocolate, woody, leather and liquorice again. Some mixed dried fruit. Lovely stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Apr 2023
at 16:40
9/10
Bottle at ashs... Dark black... Small tan head... Woody oak big woody oak.. Big fig sweet nose... Dark chocolate roast malts. Dark rich chocolate roast.. Big sweet malts heavy sweet malts.. Dark chocolate.. Woody sweet oak roast4.6 bottle at home March 2024 : 2022 ...dark black ..thinest tan lacing ...soft sweet meaty oaky chocolate roast malts nose .dark sweet rich chocolate roast malts ..big dark bitter chocolate roast malts .big woody oak ...4.6 2023 ... dark black ..small tan head head ..soft mellow chocolate sweet roast malts nose ..big sweet fruit vanilla chocolate ...Light woody chocolate roast malts 4.2 oddly bit over sweet for me
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Apr 2023
at 16:37
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Dark red, thin tan head. Smells rich and fruity with caramel. Flavour has dried fruit, caramel, a little anise, spices, apple, malt. Nice sweet, warming finish. Big, rich, warming and very tasty.
Tried
on 07 Apr 2023
at 16:55
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up online. Pours rich brown with a small, creamy khaki head. Medium sweet flavour with sturdy ashy roast, tangy berries, earth, tobacco, raisins, booze, old barrel wood. Full bodied, lightly chewy, with fine carbonation. Warming finish, has a little acidity that cuts through the dark beer character nicely, some further berry notes, old leather, modest earthy bitterness, background ashy dryness. Good stuff.
Tried
from Bottle
on 07 Feb 2023
at 21:47
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Tried
on 14 Jan 2023
at 06:40
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Tried
on 14 Jan 2023
at 06:39
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Tried
on 14 Jan 2023
at 06:38
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle thanks to cgarvieuk dregs run. Appearance - deep brown to black and opaque. Nose - wood, prunes with a light varnish note (though not offensive). Taste - raisins, prunes, wood and booze. Palate - medium bodied, rich and sweet middle with a little dry woodiness closing it out. Overall - interesting beer!
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2022
at 19:15
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle @Craig's. 2020 version. Black, lasting light tan head. Sweet dark malty aroma, swewt wood, swewt tobacco. Sweet dark malty flavoir, dark choc, sweet tobacco, . Warming. 2017 version. Black, lasting light tan head. Brighter, more woody aroma than the 2020. Dryer, more roasted. Also gooood. 2015 version. Oilier than the previous ones. Has some sweet, dark berry jam, perhaps a lttle oxidation, but works well. More sweet oak in the aroma. A little sweeter than 2020. 2014 version. Bright, dark malty, quite woody aroma, chocolate. Dryer than the previous ones. 2009 version. Quite a lot of dark berries in the aroma. A little lighter, but the fruity berries are nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2022
at 19:27
8/10
Bottle at Craig's. Pours black, nose is chocolate, toffee, woody, taste is similar, sweet, vanilla, fudge.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2022
at 19:00