6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Gravity dispense at Pigs Ear ’15, 04/12/15. Clear golden amber with a decent off white cap that dissipates to a swirl. Nose is sweet malt, vanilla essence, candy bar, caramel. Taste comprises more sweet malt, caramel wafer, cream soda, vanilla. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok offering if a little sweet and 1D.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Dec 2015
at 08:26
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask at Pigs Ear 2015, day 1 - London. Pours clearish brown with a tan foam head. Heavy, fresh coffee in the aroma, and little else of note. Light sweet flavour with more hearty coffee character to dominate, and secondary notes of baking cocoa, earth and dried fruits. Light bodied, oily, with fine carbonation; decent condition. Drying in the finish with more continuing rich coffee. Not bad if you enjoy a cup of coffee.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Dec 2015
at 18:00
8/10
Tried
on 09 Dec 2015
at 15:16
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at Pigs Ear Beer Festival, Hackney, London. A black coloured pour with a thin beige head on top. Roasty, coffee, chocolate aroma. Tastes similar, roasty, coffee, chocolate, slightly bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Dec 2015
at 09:17
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Black colour, beige head. Aroma of chocolate, roasted malts and cacao. Sweet malty flavour, light coffee, caramel, hint of orange. Light bitter finish, coffee and cacao.
(from draught @ GBBF ’14, London)
(from draught @ GBBF ’14, London)
Tried
on 04 Nov 2015
at 00:31
5.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Cask at the Flying Pig, Cambridge. Light to mid-gold, tiny crown of white head. Buttery, malty aroma. The taste is a bit more promising, with a bit of citrus poking though. More warm butter and hay in the finish. Not very good but drinkable if nothing else decent is available.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Nov 2015
at 14:37
5.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Handpull cask at the Flying Pig, Cambridge. Very dark brown and pretty much flat. Bit of khaki head on the edges. Lots of chocolate although not so much raspberry or any fruit. Taste starts off ok - a chalky bittersweet - but turns a bit acrid and sour on the finish. Body’s ok but the aftertaste is quite astringent, which does not work for the beer overall. The finish is anything but mellow!
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Oct 2015
at 12:04
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
10th December 2014
Tasting at Leighton’s Flat. Clear deep amber beer, good pale cream colour head. Palate is airy, very airy for it’s abv. Malts are caramel sweet but also some salted caramel in there. Vibrant dried fruits. Toffee. Light finish. Drinks below it’s abv. Decent.
Tasting at Leighton’s Flat. Clear deep amber beer, good pale cream colour head. Palate is airy, very airy for it’s abv. Malts are caramel sweet but also some salted caramel in there. Vibrant dried fruits. Toffee. Light finish. Drinks below it’s abv. Decent.
Tried
on 13 Sep 2015
at 06:43
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Hot Numbers Coffee (Trumpington Road). Espresso black with a lovely big tan head. Muted coffee scent, a bit metallic, malt, dark chocolate, a bit of corn syrup aroma. Divine strong coffee taste. Slight espreso bitterness burn near the back of the tongue. Full palate but slightly flatter than it looks. Very good, I’m not a huge breakfast stout fan but I could get used to this, really easily.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Sep 2015
at 12:52
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at GBBF 2015. It pours dark brown with a tiny, bubbly beige head. The nose is toasty, earthy, dirt, twig, burnt cake, mild berry and a hint of sulphur. The taste is toasty, earthy, wood, leather, mild acidity, cocoa, charred wood and filter coffee with a short, earthy finish. Light-medium body and soft carbonation. A simple toasty mild offering. Not much to it, but not bad either.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Aug 2015
at 09:44