8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Tap at the Nottingham Craft beer festival 2023. Jet black colour with a tan head. Aroma and taste are chocolate coffee and berries. Rich full smooth body.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Jun 2023
at 08:54
9.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Tried at the 2022 Nottingham Camra Beer Festival. Jet black with a tan head. Growing warmth from the chili work well with the chocolate well balanced and very smooth full bodied.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Oct 2022
at 14:15
5.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle online from Hoptimism. Pours dark brown towards black with a tan cap. Aroma: dark malts, toffee, liquorice,, molasses, dark fruits, vanilla, some coffee. Taste: moderate to heavy sweet, jammy dark fruits, rich chocolate cake, molasses, black cherries, dried fruits, run barrel. Medium+ body with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
from Hoptimism
on 11 Jul 2022
at 05:00
9.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 10
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
On tap at the Nottingham Craft Beer Festival 2022. Jet black colour with a tan head. Aroma and taste are roasted malty chocolate and slight tart cherry. Blanched and crest drinkable.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Jun 2022
at 15:29
9.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Keg at the Nottingham Craft Beer Festival 2022. Jet black with a tan head. Aroma and taste are roasted bitter chocolate. Then more chocolate to finish. Smooth full body.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Jun 2022
at 09:17
9.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 9
Keg at The Rusty Bucket, Eltham. Dark brown pour with a light tan head. Nasal tingling aromas of liquorice toffee, molasses, dark fruits, vanilla, coffee. Gullet warming flavours of jammy dark fruits,molasses,black cherries raisin, chocolate, heavy notes of dark rum.Exceedingly medicinal, soothing, warming, bloody marvellous!
Tried
on 02 May 2022
at 16:45
9.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 10
Texture 8
Overall 10
Bottle from Drew at Boutilliers Tap at Coachworks Ashford. Black beer thin tan head thick strong dark chocolate. aroma. intense. oily well that is really quite intense. that is one of the best imperial stout Dark chocolate cake and icing. genuinely one of the best beers I've ever had. cherry dark chocolate cream. wow. a little rum. delicious. amazing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Jan 2022
at 20:15
9.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9.5
330ml bottle. Black with a thin beige head. Aroma of cherries, rum, chocolate, vanilla, honey. Taste of cherries, rum, chocolate, vanilla, honey, quite sweet, slightly boozy with lingering woody notes. Full bodied, smooth. Rum barrels worked wonders on this! Outstanding once again!
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Dec 2020
at 23:50
9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
25/01/2020. 330ml bottle. Black with a tan head. Aroma of chocolate, vanilla, honey, cherries. Taste of rich, expensive tasting bittersweet chocolate liqueur, sweet vanilla, honey, cherries (minor criticism: more like cherry flavoured sweets than actual cherries), dark malts. Full bodied, thick, and luxuriously smooth, and incredibly easy drinking considering the ABV. He's done it again, another absolutely outstanding stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Jan 2020
at 22:41
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from Hoptimism. Black pour with a beige head. Black cherry, red apple, white chocolate, sweet spice aroma. Cherry chocolate, black cherries, vanilla, whisper of cappuccino in the flavour. Very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Dec 2019
at 11:24