8

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

440ml can. Pitch black pour with a thin tan head. Aroma of coffee, vanilla, chocolate, molasses. Taste is very rich, loads of coffee and vanilla, chocolate, molasses, very sweet, a bit of booze, some roasty/coffee bitterness. Medium-full bodied, smooth.

7.3

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

7.6

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

Can at home, from HOTM online, 23/12/2025.
Black with a tan cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is chocolate, dark malts, coffee, molasses, dried fruit rinds.
Taste comprises dark malts, coffee grinds, charr, roasted bite, chocolate shavings, hint of vanilla.
Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost.
Decent enough sipper but lacking some depth for the hefty ABV.

8

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

Can from House Of Trembling Madness. Murky Amber body with a beige head. Low carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of copper penny and caramel. Flavour of hard candy and strawberry. Medium body with a chewy mouthfeel. Soft fizz. This is pretty tasty. It’s a bit like a cross between a bitter and a red IPA.

8.3

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

Can from the Fuss Club. Nose is chocolate wafer, coffee, cocoa, liquorice toffee, raisin, caramel. Taste is chocolate wafer, vanilla, cocoa, coconut, dark roast coffee. Boozy warming action with a slowly developing underlying sweetness. Rather nice.

7

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

Margaret Beaufort gave birth to the Tudor dynasty. Atom have given birth to a traditional stout here, a session styled effort with light roasted malts in both aroma and taste and an easy texture.

7.3

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

440ml can. Pours jet black with a small head. Aroma is bitter coffe and vanilla. Taste has roast and chocolate cake throughout, with bitter coffee and cough syrup on the finish. A little vanilla on the aftertaste.

8

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

Can sourced from Fuss Club at home in London - 25/11/2025 Roasted malty and solid hoppy aroma and taste, getting some nice citrus fruity goodness coning through, pine needles, charred ashy earthy malts, singed brown sugar, citrusy fruity piney hoppy and light to medium ashy roasted malty finish. Very nice BIPA.