Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Jet black colour. Thin creamy head. Aroma is intensely of treacle toffee! Flavour is sweet treacle toffee then burnt, bitter cocoa and coffee. Nice but the intense nature stops it from being a sessionable beer.
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
Cask @ Moon Under Water, Deansgate 071011
Black, ruby edges, off white head dissipates to nothing.
Aroma of sweet treacle...sweet malts...roasted malts...burnt sugar...very sweet.
Taste - Roasted sweet malts..treacle...toffee....very sweet chocolate...muddled...not great.
Palate - Flat, sweet, thin, finish of sugar and roasted malt.
Overall - Bit sickly, too sweet, not great.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
Cask at Willow Walk, London Victoria. It pours darkest brown, with ruby highlights and a thin beige film. The nose is sweet toffee, butterscotch, treacle and brown sugar. The taste is more subdued than the smell: toffee, caramel, treacle, brown bread, burnt sugar, roasted malt and cardboard, with a dry finish. Thin to medium body and soft carbonation. Too thin and a bit one dimensional.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4
Cask handpull at Thomas Ingoldsby Spoons Canterbury. Fourth half here at thus cant be as bad as the otgers. It simply cant. Black beer with lasting thin tan head. Treacle tart aroma with choc is definitely a good start. Some treacle stout in mouth. Not malty enough to underpin the big flavours. Alcohol is a bit raw. Another underperforming Spoons fest beer. Poor.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Cask @ Society Room, JDW. Spoons Real Ale Festival autumn 2011. Dark brown colour, tan head. Nose is toffee, roasted malts, coffee. Flavour of roasted malts, toffee, caramel, hint of vanilla. Fairly sweet finish.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Cask at The Crosse Keys, JDW, London. Pours oily brown with a foamy, tan head. Looks good. Sweet aroma with hints of chocolate and candy. Medium sweet flavor, mild roast, some burnt wood, cocoa, and what I assume is treacle. Medium bodied with fine carbonation. Mild brown sugar finish, slight earthy hops, some dirt and burnt cocoa. Alright.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
cask at standing order ... dark red black ... thin tan head ... big deep cadburies chocolate nose ... little oversweet ... big chocolate ... light vanilla ... not sure about treacle ... bit too sweet vanilla ... but quite nice
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask at The White Lion, Fewcott, Oxon, 31.07.11 Pours gold with a slim white head. Steady decent beer that whilst enjoyable came up a little bit short when drunk alongside the Salopian Conundrum. Soft in the mouth, even a little creamy, light citrus, safe but not bad. A6 A4 T6 P3 Ov12 3.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Cask (gravity) @ 27th Pigs Ear Beer and Cider Festival 2010, at The Round Chapel in Hackney, London, England [ As WharfeBank WISPA ].Clear medium amber colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, light toffee, light hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, overriped apple fruit notes. Body is medium to light, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat. [20101201]
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask, 5.1%. Almost clear copper colour. Small creamy tan head. The flavour starts off quite watery, but turns nutty, even with a tiny bite of hops. All right, afterall.