7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
440ml can. Murky reddy-brown colour with a big beige head. Aroma of orange, citrus peel, caramel, and unusually floral. Taste of big citrus, orange, grapefruit peel, biscuit and caramel malts, piney resin, strong lingering bitterness, slight perfumey/floral note as well though which I let it down a bit. Excellent body, very full especially for the strength.
Tried
from Can
from Trembling Madness Online Shop
on 15 Nov 2025
at 21:21
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
On tap at Ebenezers, Crewe. Pours almost black with minimal beige head and medium carbonation. There’s roasted malts and chocolate in the aroma plus hints of biscuits. In the mouth it is decidedly sweet. Initial flavours are roasted malts, chocolate, cake and dark fruits. Later on traces of bitterness, spice and cola come through leading to a slightly fruity finish. This is reasonable – but not very exciting.
Tried
from Draft
at
Ebenezers, Crewe
on 13 Nov 2025
at 17:25
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask by stillage at One Inn The Wood, Petts Wood on 10th November 2025. Hazy straw coloured with disappearing foam and no lacing. Tart citrus aroma. Fresh orchard fruits and lemon citrus in-mouth. A finish of grapefruit juice. Zingy mouthfeel and a light body.
Tried
from Cask
at
One Inn The Wood
on 10 Nov 2025
at 21:26
9.5/10
Cask at the strugglers inn Lincoln. Jet black with a thick tan head. Aroma and taste are sweet chocolate and some vanilla. Light boozy. Rich body and very smooth
Tried
from Cask
at
The Strugglers Inn
on 07 Nov 2025
at 13:07
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Victorian Craft Beer Cafe Back In Black Beer Festival 2025, Beer#3. First fully black one, sticky-sweet and boozy, boozy-sweet taste and some coconut in aroma.
Tried
from Cask
at
Victorian Craft Beer Cafe
on 06 Nov 2025
at 05:33
7/10
Can at home from trembling madness. Light hazed golden colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are citrus and yeasty. Some earthiness. Medium body.
Tried
from Can
from Trembling Madness Online Shop
on 04 Nov 2025
at 19:58
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
On tap at Low Key Taproom Ashford. Near black beer. Thin beige head. Some dark malt and lime on aroma. Quite light in terms of malt. Lime hop finish. Not very bitter. Its quite lime exciting. Good enough.
Tried
from Draft
on 31 Oct 2025
at 16:58
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Tried
from Draft
at
BrewDog Clerkenwell
on 29 Oct 2025
at 17:32
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Keg at Brewdoge Clerkenwell, Collabfest '25 ticking mission II, 29/10/2025.
Light black with a tan cap that veers to the edge.
Nose is chocolate, mellow roast, toffee, dried fruit esters.
Taste comprises roast malts, charr, chocolate, spice, ashen nip, earthy fruits.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close.
Tidy enough stout.
Light black with a tan cap that veers to the edge.
Nose is chocolate, mellow roast, toffee, dried fruit esters.
Taste comprises roast malts, charr, chocolate, spice, ashen nip, earthy fruits.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close.
Tidy enough stout.
Tried
on 29 Oct 2025
at 00:00
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Keg at Brewdog Lothian Road. Pours black with almost no head, gentle carbonation. Aromas of chocolate and biscuit. Taste is dark chocolate and more oaty biscuit. Does what it says on the tin.
Tried
on 25 Oct 2025
at 14:02