Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
bottle at home ... deep black ... thin tan lacing ... deep black currant treacle nose ... juicy malts ... rich malts ... soft roast ... little medicinal blackcurrant ... soft licorice ...
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Aroma: Lots of caramel on the nose. Pine and grapefruit.
Appearance: Clear, bright amber body with a generous beige head that slowly fades to nothing. Medium carbonation. Slight lacing.
Taste: Caramel, biscuit and woody flavours dominate. The tropical fruit notes are in there somewhere, but they’re quite subdued. Finishes with a gentle bitterness.
Palate: Medium body with a soft, oily texture. Light carbonation.
Overall: Not as fruity or tropical as I was anticipating from the description on the bottle, but this is still very tasty. Looking forward to trying more Stringers beers.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Chorlton Beer Festival 2012. Well hopped in a good way including its aroma, with a sharp bitterness to its aftertaste.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2.5
3rd December 2009
Pigs Ear. Hazy gold beer. Dry palate. A bit sulphurous. Nice fruity hops but the sulphur wrecks this beer.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
cask at paisley ... amber ... light white head ...dull mellon toffe nose ... soft orange .... dull fruit ... blah ...
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Cask@Market Porter, London. Deep brown colour, small off-white head. Aroma is chocolate, mild roasst, caramel, dark dry fruits as well as some raisins. Flavour is the same in a pleasant balance. Rather bodied compared to the abv.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
Cask @ Castle Tavern, Inverness
Black, thin tan bubbly head, some lacing
Aroma of deep roasted malts...dark caramel...molasses
Taste of dark roasted malts, some smoke, background of bitter hops, some trecle, lots of burnt notes, lots of flavour mainly burnt roast
Palate - soft carb, thin to medium body, quite viscous. Finish - burnt bitter crust, perhaps bit over burnt for my liking
Overall - lots of flavour for this 4% stout but relies a bit too much on burnt roast
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
14th January 2012
Very hazy amber beer with a thin white head. Dry semi crisp palate. Dry sweet toffeeish malt. A little spice and a whisper of bubblegum. Alcohol evaporating dryness in the finish. Too dry and a little too one dimensional.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Cask (gravity) @ The 17th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2011, Reading, Berkshire England.Clear medium orange yellow colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, moderate hoppy, citrus, hop oil, orange - citrus, lemon. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat to soft. [20110429]
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Bottle at home ... dark amber ... small off white head ... soft toffee fruits ... little wooody nose ... dull marmalade orange hop ... soft toffee ... light bitterness ... not my thing ...