6.4

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

6.9

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

3rd December 2024
Cask at Pig's Ear. Near opaque dark brown beer, small bubbly tan head. Smooth palate, semi dry, decent fine minerally carbonation. The malts are, perhaps unsurprisingly, quite milky sweet, as in very. Decent cocoa dusted dark chocolate malts. Tangy ripe fruits on the back end, plums and berries. Fairly dry finish. Tidy.

6.3

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

Cask at the Beer Engine, Sheffield. Pale golden colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are fruity, light sweet to slight dry finish some citrus. light body.

6.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Cask at Wellington, Brum. Aroma is... dull... some resin, some vague fruits, some damp malts. Clear gold. Thick foamy white head. Light-medium bitter. Resinous with a canned fruit syrup edge. Vague spicy/herbal edge. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft carbonation. Long dry somewhat astringent finish. Pleasant enough but unexciting.

5.5

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Hand-pulled half-pint at the Pheasant Inn and Brewhouse on 27th October 2024. Clean golden body, white topping. No idea what the single hop is (no mention on the pump clip), earthy, woody and a little 'odd'.

7

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

Cask. Handpump. Steel City Beer Festival. Clear gold. Decent white foam. Buttery malts and tropical fruit. Sappy pine resin. Taste is fully bitter with some buttery sweetness. Pretty full bodied. Bitter finish.

8.2

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

Can. Mitchell’s Wines. Pours slick clear dark brown. Sits black in the glass. Slim tight tan foam. All present and correct so far. Nose has light roast coffee bean. Ash. Green hop. Dark chocolate. Taste is light sweet first off. Digs in to dark chocolate bitterness. Pretty dry and ashy. Nice smooth slick rounded mouthfeel. Drinks way easy. Tasty full bodied well brewed Imperial Stout.

7.2

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

Cask at the Fat Cat, Sheffield. Pours clear gold with a thin white head. Aromas of malt and grassy hops. Taste adds peach and biscuit. Light bitter finish.

7.2

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

Can. Mitchell’s Wines. Moderate haze on a straw gold. Bubbly but lasting white foam. Nicely punchy fruity lightly piny hoppage. Fairly clean malt backdrop. A little bit wheaty. Taste stays on the drier side with a good pithy bitterness. Easy drinking affair overall. Carbonation is a little high maybe. Dry-ish finish. Neepsend do appear to be getting better.

6

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

Hand-pulled half-pint in the Station Hotel, Oakengates on 20th August 2024. Slight haze in the golden pour, white crown. Citrussy lead with a mini-piney mid-riff, not much malt action.