7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Hand pulled half of a pint in my local Spoons on 9th October 2025. The last of 7 festival beers tried on the night. Dark brown body, beige crust. Very pleasant Stout, malty, rich and laden with a vanilla undertone within it's chocolate flavour. Nice!
Tried
from Cask
at
William Withering
on 09 Oct 2025
at 17:10
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 4
Texture 7
Overall 5
cask at Nottingham beer festival 2025 Wednesday .pink ..big raspberries fruit nose ..soft artifical raspberries ..very bitter herbal
Tried
on 08 Oct 2025
at 17:16
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at The Village Inn Wetherspoon in Rayners Lane. A dark brown/black coloured pour with a medium creamy beige head on top. Sweet, smooth, chocolate, vanilla taste/aroma. Slightly thin but quite drinkable.
Tried
from Cask
on 07 Oct 2025
at 20:37
Tried
from Cask
at
Cavern of the Curious Gnome
on 04 Oct 2025
at 23:00
6.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Moderately sweet, fairly rich vanilla character, mellow roast, earth, nips of cocoa. Not bad.
Tried
from Cask
at
Hamilton Hall (JDW)
on 02 Oct 2025
at 17:44
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 8
Wetherspoon 2025 Autumn Beer Festival. Ale#6 of 26 untried possibilities at the fest. Not quite black, there's lots of vanilla in this one, in both aroma and taste, transfering as marshmallow in taste, and chocolate heavy in aftertaste, but a slightly boozy aroma.
Tried
from Cask
at
Barum Top Inn
on 02 Oct 2025
at 17:16
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Third of a pint on cask at the Gate house jdw.
Medium creamy beige head. Clear almost black pour. Light chocolate and vanilla
Medium creamy beige head. Clear almost black pour. Light chocolate and vanilla
Tried
from Cask
at
Gate House (JDW)
on 01 Oct 2025
at 16:34
7.8/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 9
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Cask at Moon under Water, Wolverhampton. Pours a very dark reddish-brown with a medium sized frothy tan head and good lacing. There’s vanilla, marshmallow and malts in the aroma. In the mouth it is quite sweet, smooth and with a creamy texture. Vanilla to the fore again in the flavour plus roast malts and cola. A little sharpness and some chocolate come later leading to a slightly bitter finish. This is quite nice.
Tried
from Cask
at
Moon Under Water (JDW)
on 01 Oct 2025
at 14:00
Tried
from Cask
at
The Commercial Rooms
on 30 Sep 2025
at 23:00
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at St Albans Beer & Cider Festival, St Albans, Herts. A deep ruby/red coloured pour with a medium off white bubbly head on top. Sweetish, almond, cherry aroma & taste. Quite tart too. Not bad but nowhere near as good as the plum grand reserve.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Sep 2025
at 12:56