8

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

S: soured - lemons - wheat A: super hazy golden body - fast-dying head T: Oranges - flowers - tart candy P: rich malts - lactobilly funk - pure lactose O: sweet throughout - very tart - enjoyable & interesting 16 ounce can - Knightly Spirits: Orlando (Orange Blossom Trail), Florida - 31-December-2022 - US$4,99

8

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 7.5

I got this bottle in London and shared at home. Thick and black with no head. Decent, but a lot more pastry than I hoped. It’s really heavy sweet. It makes Dark Lord look bitter. Super sweet milk chocolate, peanut butter, marshmallow. There is a little booze and wood from the barrels but I really hoped for more.

8.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Keg at Craft Beer Junction, 12/04/24 (and pretty sure a few weeks previously but a worthy re-rake). Black with a khaki cap that dissipates to a swirl. Nose is indulgent chocolate, toffee fudge, cookie dough, dark malts, toasted brown sugars. Taste comprises chocolate sponge, brown sugar melt, vanilla, spice, dark malts, toffee fudge, molasses. Full bodied, oily viscous feel, semi drying close with a balanced blast of booze. Solid decadent impy stout.

8.1

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

22nd April 2024
Panda thanks to the team and Cloin for the panda. Near opaque dark brown beer, small bubbly tan head. Palate starts smooth and a little viscous but decent fine minerally carbonation comes through. Rich dark chocolate malts, sweet dark chocolate. A little coffee and coconut. Quite a boozy bourbon and even brandish back end. Alcohol spice starting to nibble. A rich and very rewarding brew.

7.2

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Panda at home, thanks to Kenneth, 21/04/24. Raspberry red with a well presented crimson cap. Nose is honey, berry pips, hedgerow, straw, soft malts, floral notes. Taste comprises jammy berries, honey, perfume, airy malts, herb, lactic tang. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a mellow puckering bite. Decent enough pastry sour ... not silly sweet and packs a tang.

8.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

18th April 2024
Craft Beer Junction. Keg. Opaque dark brown beer, small tan head. Viscous smooth palate, decent fine carbonation. Rich dark malts, big chocolate cake and ice cream van chocolate. Chocolate liqueur. Boozy chocolate on the finish. Bloody marvellous.

7.4

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Keg at CBJ - London. Pours black-brown with a creamy, khaki head. Medium to big sweet flavour, some dark sugars, syrup, a little artificial cocoa powder, roast, earth, booze, raisins. Full bodied, oily and lightly chewy. Warming finish, sticky sweet, lightly cloying. Novel overall.

8.4

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

Tap at craft beer junction. A thick oily, black brown coloured pour with a halo of dark tan head. Aroma is big dark chocolate, oily, rocky road, coconut, bourbon. Barrel.. Flavour is composed of medium sweet, super thick, dark chocolate sponge, dark chocolate, toasted coconut. Palate is thick and chewy, lush, mellow carbonation. Super intense. Lovely.

7

keg at the wee vault ...dark black ..no head ...soft sweet vanilla chocolate roast malts nose ..soft sweet biscuity chocolate roast