Deanso (15673) reviewed Blackout from C'84 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
50cl bottle from Rythm & Booze, Doncaster. Decent white head. Brown colour. A Decent porter
bhensonb (22605) reviewed Cropton Fat Dragon from C'84 15 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle from Malt & Vine. Pours hazy ruby/brown with a small beige head. It has that strong malty smell suggesting it’s like fresh Gales Prize Old Ale. Not that I can remember having that fresh, but I can imagine. This one has that heavy fruit sugar aspect. Who knows how it will age. I certainly won’t. Medium plus body with lightish carbonation. Flavor is stone fruit and malt - in a dark way - with a touch of sour, and perhaps a touch of diacetyl. Hope not. Very smooth. Finishes smooth, fruity and malty. There’s some bitter fighting here, but overall this approaches barley wine. I guess the low ratings reflect chacon a son gout. Well it certainly works for me.
fonefan (84534) reviewed Blackout from C'84 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle 500ml.Clear medium red brown color with a average, frothy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, light beige head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - roasted, light to moderate acidic berry - coffee, light soy sauce. Flavor is moderate sweet, light to moderate acdic and bitter with a average to long duration, vomit notes. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20100917]
saxo (29721) reviewed Blackout from C'84 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle. Medium head with medium duration. Color is dark brown. Aroma and taste are roast malt, hops, caramel and nuts.
CloakedDagger (37227) reviewed Blackout from C'84 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle 50 cl. Courtesy of fonefan. Pours a clear reddish brown with a rough off-white head. The nose has some roast and burned caramel. Medium body, quite some roast that gradually grows a little more bitter ending with quite some malt bitterness. There’s a light underlying tartness. Calling this "rich" is maybe a little much... 170910
yespr (55501) reviewed Blackout from C'84 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
50 cL bottle. Pours dark brown with a small off-white head and a distinct orange to amber deep glare. Roasted caramelish and slight breadish malt aroma. Lingering dark malty and roasted breadish. Mild acidic.
shrubber (15804) reviewed Blackout from C'84 15 years ago
Appearance - 2 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle. Plum and toffee malt aroma. Medium orange-brown with minimal head. Sweet tangy green orange/plum and light malt flavor. Light body. Okay but really not near enough malt flavor.
cagarvie (40076) reviewed Blackout from C'84 15 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle at home ... deep red brown ... thin tan head ... sweet toffee roast ... little chocolate nose ... little fizz ... soft mellow ... chocolate ... little toffee ... soft ovaltine malt ... tasty enough ... but lacking a little in body to truely excel. 3?5 cask at hectors ... deep red brown ... sweet cchoc nose ... big chocolate front... soft cherry roast... real nice up front ... gets little wearing over time ... better body than btl .... stick at 3.5
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Cropton Britannia Ale from C'84 16 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask@Three Greyhounds, London. Amber colour, mediumsized beige head. Aroma is nuts, fruits, wood and some slight fruity notes. Flavour is fruits, nuts, mild wood as well as some slightly herbal notes.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
500ml bottle - Well I see from scanning the other reviews that I didn’t get a bad bottle. It’s supposed to taste this way. So here we go. It pours dark amber with a medium, fluffy head. There’s a malty aroma with a hint of spice. The malt led flavor is quite tart and in an odd tasting way that doesn’t really go with this style. The hops is definitely in there with some moderate bitterness, but even it seems kind of off. It also needs a little more body. This beer is thoroughly unimpressive. I’m really not sure what they were going for here. It looks good and smells okay, then it starts going downhill.