6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at cloisters. Pours clear amber, thin white head. Light red fruit notes, malt, caramel. Taste is light sweet, nutty. Sweet finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Feb 2015
at 10:49
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Liberty Belle, Ely as ’Old Firkin’. Dark brown, flat at first but somehow a little bit of tan head surfaces about 3 minutes later. Weird. Aroma of dried kindling, espresso, chicory, a note of dark chocolate. Bitter taste rounded by a sweet fruity edge. Chalky bitter finish and aftertaste.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Feb 2015
at 13:12
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Gravity cask at the Liberty Belle, Ely. Black and opaque, quite flat. Unusual herby and slight hoppy smell, not expected from a porter. The taste is almost raw, grainy, nutty and bitter. A bit of sweet liquorice, milky mocha and roast veg. Medium bittersweet finish. 10/10 for originality but it doesn’t quite do it for me.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Dec 2014
at 14:38
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the Bow Bar, Edinburgh. Pours copper with an off-white head. Malty, caramel, toffee, light fruit.
Tried
from Cask
at
Bow Bar
on 12 Nov 2014
at 11:43
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask @ GBBF 2014. Pours a black color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty blackberry chocolate aroma. Roasted malty blackberry flavor. Has a roasted malty blackberry and chocolate finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Nov 2014
at 10:37
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6
Cask at the Seven Stars, Rugby, 03/10/14. Clear copper with a well appointed khaki covering that retains well. Nose is dark fruits, toffee, light roast, nutty tones. Taste comprises toffee, brown bread, dark fruits, hint of coffee. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close with light bitterings. Decent enough bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Oct 2014
at 12:05
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle at home split with Sarah picked up from Waitrose. Aroma is caramel raisin bread, gooey bread and butter pudding, some mineral. Light amber colourd pour with a thin white head. Flavour is grainy, caramel, biscuit, woody twig, dried fruits and berry, Palate is medium sweet, moderate carbonation and slightly grainy on the tongue. Decent ESB.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Sep 2014
at 12:09
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at home from waitrose, thanks to Sarah for picking this one up. Opaque black coloured pour with a nice compact light tan head that hades to a halo. Aroma is sweet caramel, nutty malts with a little dirty ashy edge. Considerable berry fruits on the nose as well. Later there is some soapy notes. Flavour is rounded milky lactose sweetness, caramel and chocolatey roast. English yeast with fruity berry esers. Palate is nice and rounded pretty full bodied, pretty milky sweet. Nice rounded stout.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2014
at 13:49
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at GBBF
Clear dark cola with a small beige head, no lacing. Aroma of blackberries and dark malts. Taste of Blackberries, roasted malts and chocolate
Nice
Clear dark cola with a small beige head, no lacing. Aroma of blackberries and dark malts. Taste of Blackberries, roasted malts and chocolate
Nice
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Aug 2014
at 18:08
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sampled @ GBBF. Opaque dark brown to black color color with a red glare coming through, small off-white head. Aroma is very very fruity, lots of blackberry and red currant in there. Taste is soft and round, lightly malts, very fruity again with blackberries and a touch of red fruit, slightly sweet and a touch of dark malts. Well done, like it.
Tried
on 18 Aug 2014
at 11:00